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New Mexicans applying for medical marijuana
07-20-07|Associated Press

Twenty-two New Mexicans have applied for medical marijuana since the state this month began allowing people with certain debilitating conditions to use the drug for nausea.

The state Department of Health had approved six applications as of Friday, according to department spokeswoman Deborah Busemeyer.

She says four were denied because those people didn't have a condition eligible for the program.

The law allows marijuana use for specified conditions including cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and HIV-AIDS.

Health officials await an opinion from the attorney general whether Health Department employees could be federally prosecuted for running the program and whether the agency can license marijuana producers.

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