Medical Cannabis States And Their Qualifying Conditions
In this short article, we make an effort to clear up all the confusion once and for all. Here are the state-by-state qualifying conditions for all 33 states where Medical Vs Recreational Potency cannabis is legal.
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Medical Marijuana Legal States and their Qualifying Conditions
1. Alaska
- Cancer
- Glaucoma
- HIV/AIDS
- Multiple sclerosis
* Treatment for any of the above conditions, in addition to any "persistent or debilitating illness or treatment of such diseases which produces, for a specific client, one or more of the following":
- Cachexia (squandering syndrome).
- Chronic or severe pain.
- Severe nausea.
- Epilepsy/seizures.
- Persistent muscle spasms (associating with MS).
2. Arizona
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
- Hepatitis C.
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
- Crohn's Disease.
- Alzheimer's illness.
* A persistent or devastating disease or medical condition that triggers any one of the following:
- Cachexia (squandering syndrome).
- Severe and persistent discomfort.
- Severe queasiness.
- Seizures/epilepsy.
- Severe or consistent muscle spasms (including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis).
3. Arkansas
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Hepatitis C.
- ALS.
- Tourette's syndrome.
- Crohn's illness.
- Ulcerative colitis.
- PTSD.
- Severe arthritis.
- Fibromyalgia.
- Alzheimer's illness.
- Cachexia or squandering syndrome.
- Peripheral neuropathy.
- Intractable pain (discomfort that has actually not responded to ordinary medications, treatment or surgical steps for more than six months).
- Severe queasiness.
- Epilepsy/seizures.
- Persistent muscle convulsions (including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis).
* Any other medical condition or its treatment which is authorized by the Department of Health.
4. California
* No specific qualifying conditions - the use of medical cannabis and issuance of an MMJ card in California is up to the discretion of the physician.
5. Colorado
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- HIV or AIDS.
- Cachexia.
- Persistent muscle spasms.
- Seizures.
- Severe nausea.
- Severe pain.
- Post-traumatic tension disorder (PTSD).
6. Connecticut
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Parkinson's Disease.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Spinal cable damage/intractable spasticity.
- Epilepsy/incontrollable seizures.
- Cachexia/wasting syndrome.
- Crohn's illness.
- Post-traumatic tension disorder (PTSD).
- Sickle cell illness.
- Post laminectomy syndrome w/ persistent radiculopathy.
- Severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
- ALS.
- Ulcerative colitis.
- Complex regional pain syndrome.
- Cerebral palsy.
- Cystic fibrosis.
- Terminal disease requiring end-of-life care.
- Spasticity or neuropathic pain connected with fibromyalgia.
- Severe rheumatoid arthritis.
- Postherpetic neuralgia.
- Hydrocephalus with intractable headache.
- Intractable headache syndromes.
- Neuropathic facial pain.
- Muscular dystrophy.
- Osteogenesis imperfecta.
7. Delaware
- Terminal illness.
- Cancer.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Decompensated cirrhosis.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease).
- Agitation of Alzheimer's illness.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Intractable epilepsy.
- Autism (w/ self-injurious or aggressive behavior).
- Glaucoma.
- Chronic incapacitating migraines.
* A persistent or incapacitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces several of the following:
- Cachexia or wasting syndrome.
- Severe, incapacitating discomfort that has actually not responded to formerly prescribed medication or surgical steps for more than 3 months, or for which other treatment options produced severe adverse effects.
- Intractable nausea.
- Seizures.
- Severe and consistent muscle convulsions, consisting of but not limited to those characteristic of numerous sclerosis.
8. Florida
- Cancer.
- Epilepsy.
- Glaucoma.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Post-traumatic tension condition (PTSD).
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Crohn's disease.
- Parkinson's disease.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Medical conditions of the exact same kind or class as or similar to those above.
- A terminal condition diagnosed by a doctor aside from the qualified physician releasing the physician certification.
- Chronic nonmalignant discomfort caused by a certifying medical condition or that stems from a certifying medical condition and persists beyond the usual course of that qualifying medical condition.
9. Hawaii
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- Lupus.
- Epilepsy.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- HIV/AIDS.
- PTSD.
* The treatment of these conditions or a chronic or incapacitating illness or medical condition or its treatment that produces several of the following:
- Cachexia (squandering syndrome).
- Severe discomfort.
- Severe queasiness.
- Seizures/epilepsy.
- Severe and consistent muscle convulsions (consisting of those characteristic of several sclerosis or Crohn's disease).
10. Illinois
- Agitation of Alzheimer's illness.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Arnold-Chiari malformation.
- Cancer.
- Causalgia.
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
- Crohn's disease.
- CRPS (complicated regional pain syndrome Type II).
- Dystonia.
- Fibrous dysplasia.
- Glaucoma.
- Hepatitis C.
- Hydrocephalus.
- Hydromyelia.
- Interstitial cystitis.
- Lupus.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Muscular dystrophy.
- Myasthenia gravis.
- Myoclonus.
- Nail-patella syndrome.
- Neurofibromatosis.
- Parkinson's illness.
- Post-concussion syndrome.
- Post-traumatic tension condition (PTSD).
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
- Residual limb pain.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Seizures (consisting of those characteristic of epilepsy).
- Severe fibromyalgia.
- Sjogren's syndrome.
- Spinal cable disease (including but not limited to arachnoiditis).
- Spinal cable injury i.e. damage to the worried tissue of the spine with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity.
- Spinocerebellar ataxia.
- Syringomyelia.
- Tarlov cysts.
- Tourette syndrome.
- Traumatic brain injury.
- Cachexia/wasting syndrome.
11. Louisiana
- Cancer.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Cachexia or wasting syndrome.
- Seizure disorders/epilepsy.
- Spasticity.
- Crohn's disease.
- Muscular dystrophy and numerous sclerosis.
- Glaucoma.
- Parkinson's illness.
- Severe muscle convulsions.
- Intractable pain.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
* Any of these four conditions related to autism spectrum disorder:
- Repetitive or self-stimulatory behavior of such severity that the physical health of the individual with autism is jeopardized.
- Avoidance of others or failure to interact of such severity that the physical health of the person with autism is jeopardized.
- Self-injuring habits.
- Physically aggressive or devastating behavior.
12. Maine
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Hepatitis C.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Alzheimer's illness.
- Nail-patella syndrome or the treatment of these conditions;.
- A persistent or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces intractable discomfort, which is discomfort that has not reacted to regular medical or surgical procedures for more than 6 months.
* A chronic or incapacitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following:
- Cachexia or squandering syndrome.
- Severe queasiness.
- Seizures (consisting of however not restricted to those characteristic of epilepsy).
* Any other medical condition or its treatment as approved by the DHHS, or:
- Post-traumatic stress condition (PTSD).
- Inflammatory bowel illness.
- Dyskinetic and spastic motion conditions.
- Other illness triggering severe and persistent muscle spasms.
13. Maryland
- Cachexia/wasting syndrome.
- Anorexia.
- Severe pain.
- Severe queasiness.
- Seizures.
- Severe or relentless muscle convulsions.
- Glaucoma.
- Post-traumatic tension condition (PTSD).
- Chronic pain.
14. Massachusetts
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Cancer.
- Crohn's disease.
- Glaucoma.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Hepatitis C.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Parkinson's illness.
- Other conditions as approved by a certifying patient's doctor.
15. Michigan
- Post-traumatic stress condition (PTSD).
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Hepatitis C.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Crohn's illness.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Arthritis.
- Autism.
- Chronic discomfort.
- Colitis/ulcerative colitis.
- Inflammatory bowel disease.
- Obsessive-compulsive condition.
- Parkinson's disease.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Spinal cord injury.
- Tourette syndrome.
- Nail patella, or the treatment of the list below conditions:.
- A chronic or debilitating illness or medical condition or its treatment that leads to wasting syndrome; severe and persistent pain; severe queasiness; seizures, and severe and persistent muscle convulsions.
16. Minnesota
- Cancer (associated with severe/chronic pain, nausea or extreme throwing up, or cachexia or severe wasting syndrome).
- Glaucoma.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Tourette Syndrome.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Seizures/epilepsy.
- Severe and persistent muscle spasms, consisting of those characteristic of several sclerosis.
- Inflammatory bowel illness.
- Crohn's illness.
- Terminal illness (with a probable life span of less than one year).
- Intractable discomfort.
- Post-traumatic tension condition.
- Autism.
- Obstructive sleep apnea.
* If your health problem or its treatment produces one or more of the following, you should suffer from cancer or a terminal illness with a likely life span of under one year in order to qualify for the program:
- Severe or chronic pain.
- Nausea or severe throwing up.
- Cachexia or serious wasting.
17. Missouri
- Cancer.
- Epilepsy.
- Glaucoma.
- Intractable migraines.
- Chronic discomfort or relentless muscle spasms (consisting of those related to several sclerosis, seizures, Parkinson's illness, and Tourette syndrome).
- Debilitating psychiatric disorders (including however not limited to PTSD).
- HIV/AIDS.
- A medical condition normally treated with prescription drugs that might result in physical or mental dependence.
- Any terminal illness.
* Any other chronic debilitating medical condition, consisting of but not restricted to:
- Hepatitis C.
- ALS.
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
- Crohn's disease.
- Huntington's illness.
- Autism.
- Neuropathy.
- Sickle cell anemia.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Cachexia.
- Wasting syndrome.
18. Montana
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Cachexia or wasting syndrome.
- Severe chronic discomfort.
- Intractable nausea or vomiting.
- Epilepsy or an intractable seizure condition.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Crohn's illness.
- Painful peripheral neuropathy.
- A main nerve system condition resulting in persistent, uncomfortable spasticity or muscle spasms.
- Admittance into hospice care.
- Post-traumatic tension condition (PTSD).
19. Nevada
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- Post-traumatic stress condition (PTSD).
- Cachexia (basic physical wasting and malnutrition from persistent disease).
- Persistent muscle convulsions (including multiple sclerosis).
- Seizures (consisting of epilepsy).
- Severe nausea.
- Severe pain.
- Additional conditions as subject to approval by the Nevada DPBH (Division of Public and Behavioral Health).
20. New Hampshire
- Cancer.
- Glaucoma.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Hepatitis C.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Muscular dystrophy.
- Crohn's illness.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Chronic pancreatitis.
- Spinal cord injury or illness.
- Traumatic brain injury (TMI).
- Epilepsy.
- Lupus.
- Parkinson's disease.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Ulcerative colitis.
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
* One or more injuries or conditions that have led to among the following certifying signs, or a badly incapacitating or terminal medical condition or its treatment that has actually produced at least among the following:
- Elevated intraocular pressure (glaucoma).
- Cachexia/wasting syndrome.
- Chemotherapy-induced anorexia.
- Severe pain that has not responded to previously prescribed medication or surgical measures, or for which other treatment options produced severe negative effects.
- Constant or severe nausea.
- Moderate to severe vomiting.
- Seizures.
- Severe or consistent muscle spasms.
" Qualifying medical condition" can also suggest:
- Moderate to extreme chronic pain.
- Severe discomfort that has actually not responded to formerly prescribed medication or surgical procedures or for which other treatment choices produced major adverse effects.
- Moderate or severe trauma (PTSD).
21. New Jersey
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's illness).
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Terminal cancer.
- Muscular dystrophy.
- Inflammatory bowel disease.
- Crohn's disease.
- Any terminal illness with a diagnosis of less than 12 months.
- Seizure conditions (consisting of epilepsy).
- Intractable skeletal muscular spasticity.
- Post-traumatic stress condition (PTSD).
- Glaucoma (if standard medication has actually stopped working).
- Severe or persistent discomfort.
- Severe nausea or vomiting.
- Wasting syndrome triggered by HIV/AIDS and cancer.
- Anxiety.
- Migraines.
- Tourette syndrome.
- Chronic pain associated to musculoskeletal disorders (consisting of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia, and opioid use disorder).
- Chronic pain of "visceral origin" (consisting of pancreatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and bowel dysfunction).
22. New Mexico
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Cancer.
- Crohn's illness.
- Epilepsy/seizure disorders.
- Glaucoma.
- HCV infection and getting antiviral treatment currently.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Huntington's disease.
- Hospice care.
- Inclusion body myositis.
- Inflammatory autoimmune-mediated arthritis.
- Intractable nausea/vomiting.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Damage to the anxious tissue of the spinal cord.
- Painful peripheral neuropathy.
- Parkinson's disease.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Severe persistent pain.
- Severe anorexia.
- Cachexia.
- Spasmodic torticollis (cervical dystonia).
- Ulcerative colitis.
- Obstructive sleep apnea.
23. New york city
- Cancer.
- HIV infection or AIDS.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Parkinson's disease.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Spinal cord injury with spasticity.
- Epilepsy.
- Inflammatory bowel illness.
- Neuropathy.
- Huntington's disease.
- Post-traumatic tension disorder.
- Chronic pain.
* Any condition for which an opioid might be prescribed, or for which an extreme debilitating or lethal condition is accompanied by several of the following conditions or problems:
- Cachexia or wasting syndrome.
- Severe or chronic pain.
- Severe queasiness.
- Seizures.
- Severe or consistent muscle spasms.
- PTSD or opioid usage condition (just if enrolled in a treatment program licensed pursuant to Article 32 of the Mental Hygiene Law).
24. North Dakota
- Cancer.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Decompensated cirrhosis due to liver disease C.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Post-traumatic tension condition (PTSD).
- Agitation of Alzheimer's illness or related dementia.
- Crohn's disease.
- Fibromyalgia.
- Spinal stenosis/chronic pain in the back (consisting of neuropathy or damage to the anxious tissue of the spine with unbiased neurological sign of intractable spasticity).
- Glaucoma.
- Epilepsy.
- Anorexia nervosa.
- Bulimia nervosa.
- Anxiety disorder.
- Tourette syndrome.
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
- Endometriosis.
- Interstitial cystitis.
- Neuropathy.
- Migraine.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Autism spectrum disorder.
- Brain injury.
- Terminal health problem.
* Chronic or incapacitating diseases or medical conditions or the treatment for such diseases or medical conditions that produce one or more of the following:
- Cachexia or wasting syndrome.
- Severe incapacitating pain that has actually not reacted to formerly recommended medication or surgical procedures for more than 3 months or for which other treatment choices produced serious side effects.
- Intractable nausea.
- Seizures.
- Severe and relentless muscle spasms, including those characteristic of numerous sclerosis.
25. Ohio
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- Alzheimer's illness.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)/ Lou Gehrig's disease.
- Cancer.
- Chronic terrible encephalopathy.
- Crohn's illness.
- Epilepsy.
- Fibromyalgia.
- Glaucoma.
- Hepatitis C.
- HIV/AIDS.
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
- Chronic pain or severe/intractable discomfort.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Parkinson's illness.
- Post-traumatic stress condition (PTSD).
- Sickle cell anemia.
- Spinal cable illness or injury.
- Tourette Syndrome.
- Traumatic brain injury.
- Ulcerative colitis.
26. Oklahoma
Application and suggestion need to be submitted by a licensed Oklahoma doctor. There are presently no particular certifying conditions (recommendations are left up to the discretion of the physician).
