New Hampshire Marijuana Bills for Chronic Pain and PTSD Advance

The entire House is the next step in the process to add chronic pain and PTSD to New Hampshire’s medical marijuana qualifying conditions list. The vote resulted with 12 – 6 in support of the additions for chronic pain and 9 – 8 for PTSD. The recommendation now moves on to the full House for a vote.

Veterans and others struggling with PTSD flooded representatives’ inboxes and voicemails enough to convince lawmakers to vote for PTSD, according to Valley News.

Representative Jess Edwards said, “As a non-clinician, this feels like a good bill to me.” Edwards is an army veteran, so the subject is sensitive for him.

The passage of PTSD and chronic pain brought some attendees to tears – happy tears. Bills to include other conditions such as opioid addiction and fibromyalgia are stalled in legislature right now.