MINNESOTA MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM UPDATE MICHELLE LARSON, DIRECTOR OFFICE OF MEDICAL CANNABIS JANUARY 12 TH , 2015
Registry Profiles – general counts MN Medical Cannabis Registry Numbers 900 800 700 600 Number of People 500 400 300 200 100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Week of Program HCPs Patients Caregivers As of 1/4/16
Patients – age group profiles Number Percent • Less than 18 yrs: 106 12.6% • 18 yrs to 30 yrs: 111 13.2% • 31 yrs to 50 yrs: 274 32.4% • 51 yrs to 70 yrs: 296 35% • 71 yrs and older: 57 6.8% As of 1/4/16
Patients – gender profile Number Percent • Female: 360 42.6% • Male: 481 57.0% • No answer 3 .4% As of 1/4/16
Patients – Qualifying Medical Conditions Approved Patients by Condition SEIZURES, INCLUDING THOSE CHARACTERISTIC OF EPILEPSY 297 AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) 26 TERMINAL ILLNESS-CACHEXIA OR SEVERE WASTING 32 TERMINAL ILLNESS-NAUSEA OR SEVERE VOMITING 37 TERMINAL ILLNESS-SEVERE OR CHRONIC PAIN 55 GLAUCOMA 20 HIV OR AIDS 68 TOURETTE SYNDROME 20 CANCER-CACHEXIA OR SEVERE WASTING 148 CANCER-NAUSEA OR SEVERE VOMITING 214 CANCER-SEVERE OR CHRONIC PAIN 259 CROHN'S DISEASE 86 SEVERE AND PERSISTENT MUSCLE SPASMS, INCLUDING MS 491 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 As of 1/4/16
OMC Observational Research Update • Led by Tom Arneson, MD; Susan P. Anderson, PhD; and Deepa McGriff, MPH • Research database • Much progress with development • Substantial testing and tweaking remains • Hope to have substantive results to report by end of March • Patient and health care practitioner surveys • Now underway – sent at 3 months • Response rate around 50% for patients and 35% for health care practitioners
Other statutory requirements • Rulemaking: • Medical cannabis rules are in Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7440. • Rule amendments that were proposed through the formal statutory process will have a public hearing on Friday, January 22, 2016. • Rulemaking advisory committee of stakeholders assisted • Published in State Register on November 16, 2015 • Independent Laboratories: • Two have been approved by MDH • Continuous enrollment so could be more
Intractable Pain • 12/2/15: MDH announced decision to add intractable pain as a qualifying medical condition • 12/31/15: MDH notified Task Force co-chairs of decision • 1/15/16: MDH will notify legislators of the decision, as required by Minn.Stat. §152.27, subd. 2(b) • 8/1/16: effective date, unless legislature provides otherwise
References and Resources http://www.health.state.mn.us/topics/cannabis/
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