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Cannabidiol Treatment May Expand in Iowa

The medical board is considering adding a type of autism.

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The Gazette
January 24, 2019

Medical cannabidiol may soon become available as a treatment for a certain type of autism in Iowa.

The Iowa Board of Medicine on Feb. 8 will discuss adding “severe, intractable pediatric autism with self-injurious or aggressive behaviors” to the conditions the oil, commonly referred to as CBD, can be used to treat.

RELATED: New Qualifying Conditions On Track to Be Added to Iowa's Medical Marijuana Program

In a public hearing Tuesday, the board reviewed two comments in favor of that addition from a physician and physician’s assistant.

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