A state review board has voted to keep autism and asthma off the list of health conditions that can be legally treated using medical marijuana.
But activists say the panel is acting in violation of the state’s medical marijuana law. They say the votes were taken without proper public comment and that the board lacks adequate representation from the medical community.
Panel chair Matthew Davis says public comment was not necessary because the ailments had already been considered by a previous board.
“The public hearings therefore occurred as part of our process, specified under law,” Davis said. And then today, our review panel took another look at these diagnoses and the remarks of the public regarding autism and asthma.”
That previous board was dissolved by the state because its make-up also violated the medical marijuana law. The state says it’s working to fix the problem.
