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and<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\"> to the employers; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\">Provide further for<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\">workers&#8217; compensation benefits in certain circumstances where<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\">an employee uses medical cannabis; <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Use of Medical Cannabis<\/h3>\n<p>As for the use of medical cannabis, the list of qualifying medical conditions is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Autism<\/li>\n<li>Cancer-related Cachexia, nausea or vomiting, weight loss or chronic pain<\/li>\n<li>Crohn&#8217;s disease<\/li>\n<li>Depression<\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy or condition causing seizures<\/li>\n<li>HIV\/AIDS-related nausea or weight loss<\/li>\n<li>Panic disorder<\/li>\n<li>Parkinson&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Persistent nausea not significantly responsive to traditional treatment (other than pregnancy, cannabis-induced vomiting, or cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome)<\/li>\n<li>PTSD<\/li>\n<li>Sickle-cell anemia<\/li>\n<li>Spasticity associated 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