THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

HEALTH SERVICES – OREGON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM

In the Matter of the Petition of Edward Glick, )

to add Clinical Depression, Depressive )

Symptoms, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ) EDWARD GLICK’S PETITION

(PTSD), Severe Anxiety, Agitation and ) PURSUANT TO ORS §475.334

Insomnia, to Those Diseases and Conditions )

Which Qualify as ‘Debilitating Medical )

Conditions’ under the Oregon Medical )

Marijuana Act )

TO: Grant Higginson, MD, MPH, Administrator, Office of Community Health and

Health Planning

Petitioner Edward Glick, petitions the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program to add Clinical Depression, Depressive Symptoms, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Severe Anxiety, Agitation and Insomnia to Those Diseases and Conditions Which Qualify as ‘Debilitating Medical Conditions’ under the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, as follows:

This petition is subject to OAR 333-008-0090, and for that reason, petitioner submits the following new scientific research in support of adding each of these conditions. This additional research submission is in addition to research submitted in January, 2009.

PROPOSED CONDITION	NEW SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Clinical Depression and Depressive Symptoms	Depression/Depressive Symptoms Research Studies Fride, E., Russo, E., Neuropsychiatry: Schizophrenia, Depression, and Anxiety, in Endocannabinoids, The Brain and Body’s Marijuana and Beyond. Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton FL, 2006. 371-382.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	Hohmann, A., et al., An endocannabinoid mechanism for stress-induced analgesia. Nature, Vol. 435/23 June 2005. 1108-1112. Marsicano, G., et al., The endogenous cannabinoid system controls extinction of aversive memories. Nature, Vol. 418/1 August 2002. 530-534. Personal Correspondence OMMP Patient 161570 M. W. 1/31/09 D. W. 2/03/09 D. P. 2/07/09 W. H. 2/08/09 J. C. 2/13/09 B. H. 2/22/09 D. N. 2/22/09 J. 2/25/09 B. B. 2/28/09 S. 2/28/09 C. M. 3/02/09 J. S. 3/09/09 T. D. 3/11/09 K. S. 3/20/09 G. T. ? A.I. 3/11/09
. Severe Anxiety	Severe Anxiety Research Studies
Agitation	Agitation Research Studies Personal Correspondence M. Tina, Bipolar and Medicinal Marijuana. (2006)
Insomnia	Insomnia Research Studies Russo, E., et al., Cannabis, Pain and Sleep: Lessons from Therapeutic Clinical Trials of Sativex, a Cannabis-Based Medicine. Chemistry and Biodiversity, Vol. 4, 2007. 1729=1743.