In an effort to combat the ongoing epidemic of opioid misuse and opioid-related morbidity and mortality, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Opioid Prescribing Work Group (OPWG) recently issued Draft Opioid...more
12/11/2017
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On December 2, 2015, the Minnesota Commissioner of Health announced the addition of intractable pain to the list of qualifying conditions for Minnesota's medical cannabis program. Intractable pain is defined as "a pain state...more