POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WILL REMAIN ON THE LIST OF CONDITIONS APPROVED FOR THE STATE'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S ADVISORY BOARD VOTED TO KEEP P-T-S-D AS A QUALIFYING CONDITION.
THE VOTE FOLLOWED AN EFFORT BY A PSYCHIATRIST TO HAVE IT REMOVED. P-T-S-D HAS BEEN ON THE LIST SINCE 2009 AND 37-HUNDRED PEOPLE ENROLLED IN THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM ARE THERE DUE TO IT.
AS OF MARCH 31ST OF THIS YEAR, NEARLY 89-HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE ON THE STATE'S LIST TO USE MEDICAL POT IN NEW MEXICO.