Top States With Qualifying Medical Conditions
Medical marijuana has been passed in the legislature for the multiple states. Some of these legislatures are new and others have been around for a while now. However, whether new or existing, there are still qualifying medical conditions that are part of the legislature and that states and medical cannabis patients have to adhere to. Below are 22 states listed along with the required qualifying medical conditions.
Alaska
In order to be considered for a medical marijuana card in the state of Alaska, the qualifying medical conditions include:
- Chronic pain
- Glaucoma
- Cancer
- HIV/AIDS
- Seizures
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nausea
- Wasting syndrome
- Muscle spasms
Arizona
The qualifying medical conditions for medical cannabis patients in Arizona would include:
- Chronic pain
- Glaucoma
- PTSD
- Cancer
- HIV/AIDS
- Seizures
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nausea
- Wasting syndrome
- Muscle spasms
Arkansas
Arkansas has amended their qualifying medical conditions for medical cannabis patients. These include:
- Chronic or intractable pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Glaucoma
- Tourette's syndrome
- Wasting syndrome
- Cancer
- Severe muscle spasms
- Chronic Nausea
- Chronic Arthritis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Alzheimer's Disease
- HIV/AIDS
- Hepatitis C
- PTSD
- ALS Disease
- Crohn's Disease
These conditions are effective now, but marijuana dispensary licenses won't be accepted until the first of June 2017.
California
The qualifying medical conditions for cannabis patients living in California include:
- Anorexia
- Cancer
- Glaucoma
- Multiple sclerosis
- Seizures
- Chronic pain
- Muscle spasms
- Severe nausea
- Chronic headaches
- Arthritis
- AIDS
- Wasting syndrome
Colorado
In the state of Colorado, recreational marijuana is also legal. For medical marijuana patients, though, the qualifying conditions include:
- Chronic pain
- Seizures
- Severe nausea
- Cancer
- Muscle spasms
- Wasting syndrome
- HIV/AIDS
- Glaucoma
Connecticut
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Connecticut include:
- Glaucoma
- Wasting syndrome
- Cancer
- Epilepsy
- Parkinson’s disease
- Spinal cord damage
- Crohn’s disease
- HIV/AIDS
- PTSD
- Multiple sclerosis
Delaware
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Delaware include:
- Multiple sclerosis
- Hepatitis C
- Cancer
- Muscle spasms
- Wasting syndrome
- Seizures
- Nausea
- ALS
- Alzheimer’s
- HIV/AIDS
- PTSD
Washington D.C.
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Washington D.C. include:
- Multiple sclerosis
- Glaucoma
- Alzheimer’s
- Seizures
- HIV/AIDS
- Wasting syndrome
- Muscle spasms
- ALS
- Cancer
- Any debilitating medical condition diagnosed by a licensed doctor
Florida
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Florida include:
- Multiple sclerosis
- ALS
- Crohn’s disease
- Epilepsy
- Cancer
- Parkinson’s disease
- HIV/AIDS
- Glaucoma
- PTSD
Georgia
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients residing in Georgia include:
- Mitochondrial disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Sickle cell disease
- ALS
- Parkinson’s disease
- Crohn’s disease
- Seizure
- Epilepsy
- Cancer
Hawaii
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients residing in Hawaii include:
- Muscle spasms
- Glaucoma
- Seizures
- Chronic pain
- Multiple sclerosis
- Cancer
- Wasting syndrome
- HIV/AIDS
- Nausea
Illinois
If you are a medical cannabis patient, the qualifying conditions in Illinois include:
- HIV/AIDS
- Muscular dystrophy
- Glaucoma
- Hydrocephalus
- Severe fibromyalgia
- Parkinson’s disease
- Lupus
- Seizures
- Fibrous dysplasia
- Tourette syndrome
- Wasting syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis
- Hepatitis C
- Crohn’s disease
- Cancer
- PTSD
- ALS
- Alzheimer’s disease
Iowa
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Iowa include:
- Intractable epilepsy
Louisiana
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients residing in Louisiana include:
- Cancer related symptoms
- Glaucoma
Maine
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Maine include:
- Cancer
- Wasting syndrome
- Glaucoma
- IBS
- Seizures
- Chronic pain
- Alzheimer’s
- PTSD
- Muscle spasms
- ALS
- Severe nausea
- Crohn’s disease
- Active hepatitis C
- HIV
Maryland
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Maryland include:
- Alzheimer’s
- HIV/AIDS
- Chronic pain
- Seizures
- Glaucoma
- Multiple sclerosis
- Severe nausea
- Hepatitis C
- Muscle spasms
- Cancer
- Crohn’s disease
Massachusetts
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Massachusetts include:
- Multiple sclerosis
- ALS
- Crohn’s disease
- Cancer
- AIDS
- Parkinson’s disease
- Glaucoma
- Hepatitis C
Michigan
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients residing in Michigan include:
- Cancer
- Muscle spasms
- Chronic pain
- Seizures
- Alzheimer’s
- Severe nausea
- Glaucoma
- Multiple sclerosis
- Epilepsy
- Wasting syndrome
- HIV/AIDS
- Hepatitis C
Minnesota
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Minnesota include:
- Glaucoma
- Crohn’s disease
- Terminal illness
- Muscle spasms
- Cancer
- Tourette syndrome
- Seizures
- ALS
- HIV/AIDS
Mississippi
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Mississippi include:
- Chronic Epilepsy
Missouri
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients living in Missouri include:
- Intractable epilepsy
Montana
The qualifying conditions for medical cannabis patients residing in Montana include:
- Glaucoma
- Cancer
- Multiple sclerosis
- Wasting syndrome
- Nervous system disorder
- Epilepsy
- HIV/AIDS
- Crohn’s disease
- Chronic pain
- Severe nausea
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