Judge nixes NM agency’s rule for medical marijuana card

A victory for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients in New Mexico applying for a medical marijuana card. State District Judge David Thomson ruled that the New Mexico Department of Health cannot require additional documentation proving PTSD patients “exhausted standard treatment”.

Dr. Carola Kieve’s lawyer, Brian Egolf of Santa Fe, said she “took on the cause of PTSD sufferers because it was the right thing to do.”

“Now, more patients will get the help they need,” Egolf said.

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