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An Act To Add Addiction to or Dependency on Opiates or Prescription Drugs to the List of Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2422, sub-§2, ¶D, as amended by PL 2013, c. 361, §1, is further amended to read:
 
D. Any other medical condition or its treatment as provided for in section 2424, subsection 2; or
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2422, sub-§2, ¶E, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 361, §1, is amended to read:
 
E. Post-traumatic stress disorder, inflammatory bowel disease, dyskinetic and spastic movement disorders and other diseases causing severe and persistent muscle spasms.; or
Sec. 3.  22 MRSA §2422, sub-§2, ¶F  is enacted to read:
 
F.  Addiction to or dependency on opiates or prescription drugs.
 
SUMMARY
This bill adds addiction to or dependency on opiates or prescription drugs to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana.