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Board proposes new marijuana conditions Updated: Monday, 13 Apr 2009, 3:23 PM MDT Published : Monday, 13 Apr 2009, 3:23 PM MDT Web Producer: Todd Dukart SANTA FE (KRQE) - A medical board has proposed adding Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, severe osteoarthritis and several other conditions to the Department of Health's medical marijuana program. The Medical Advisory Board issued its list of recommendations for the medical marijuana program on Monday. The state Secretary of Health still needs to agree before sufferers will be able to apply to use medical marijuana. The proposed conditions, according to Department of Health spokesperson Deborah Busemeyer: Inclusion body myositis, a chronic muscle inflammation accompanied by muscle weakness Severe osteoarthritis Rheumatoid arthritis Reactive arthritis Post-polio syndrome Parkinson's disease Alzheimer's disease Severe chronic pain After the board compiles its list of recommendations, Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil will have 10 days to approve or deny the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn