Minnesota becomes the latest state to allow medical marijuana for people with Alzheimer’s.
Some states are going ahead with plans to allow the use of marijuana by people with Alzheimer’s.
Health researchers say that might be risky — despite evidence there could be some benefits to certain people in some circumstances.
The problem with that evidence, they say, is that there just isn’t enough of it.
Last week, officials in Minnesota announced they would add Alzheimer’s disease to the list of conditions for which people can purchase medical marijuana.
If a resident has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, they would be allowed under state law to purchase medical marijuana from a licensed manufacturer starting August 1.
Alzheimer’s would join 13 other approved conditions, ranging from irritable bowel disease and intractable pain, to HIV and some cancers.
At least 13 other states already allow people with Alzheimer’s to use medical marijuana, according to the cannabis website Leafly.
Pennsylvania, one state that doesn’t allow it, approved a new way to speed up the addition of new conditions to its medical marijuana list last Tuesday.