Here is a quote from the latest release on the NM website:

??I included this category as an eligible condition because it has been reported in medical literature that medical cannabis may help inflammatory conditions,? Dr. Vigil said. ??However, I am limiting how this category can be approved since I??m concerned that the category could be misused due to the overly broad definition of inflammatory arthritis.?
To qualify for this condition, a patient must be diagnosed with Inflammatory Autoimmune-mediated Arthritis, the patient??s certification must come from a rheumatologist who is board-certified in rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and the certification must attest that other standard treatments for arthritis have failed to bring the patient adequate relief.
Link to the full article is below.....

http://www.health.state.nm.us/Commun...%20Program.pdf