Pain patients can now buy medical pot in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS —
Minnesota's medical marijuana program changed in a big way Aug. 1 in
expanding the list of qualifying conditions to include intractable pain.
The state's year-old program, which is among the most restrictive in
the country, gained nearly 500 more patients in the past month. Judy
Bjerke Severson, 70, is among the new registered patients: "I’m going to
cry. I’m so excited. I’m in pain 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
Severson says the crippling pain from fibromyalgia and back surgery
complications, as well as a painkiller-induced fog, have made her a
shell of her former self.
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