Are you looking for medical marijuana treatment but aren't sure if it's right for your condition? If so, this blog post is for you.
We'll discuss the various medicinal marijuana conditions that qualify in each state. With this information, you can find relief from your symptoms in no time!
Medical Conditions that Qualify for Medical Marijuana Treatment
Who qualifies for medical marijuana? For starters, you'll need to have one of the medicinal marijuana qualifications to get a recommendation.
You're not alone in wondering, "Do I qualify for medical marijuana?" In fact, the criteria for medical marijuana is one of the most commonly researched topics on the internet!
So, who qualifies for medical cannabis? You'll need to have one or more of the medicinal marijuana conditions, as outlined in your state.
Here's a list of the medical marijuana qualifications in each state:
Medicinal Marijuana Conditions by State
Alabama
Alabama's list of medical marijuana conditions isn't extensive. Only those who have debilitating epilepsy may be recommended for treatment.
Alaska
Alaska permits medical and recreational weed. Here are the medicinal marijuana conditions:
Cachexia
Cancer
Chronic pain
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Multiple sclerosis
Nausea
Seizures
Arizona
Arizona's medicinal marijuana requirements allow it for the following conditions:
Alzheimer’s disease
ALS
Cachexia
Cancer
Chronic pain
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Nausea
Persistent muscle spasms
PTSD
Seizures
Arkansas
Arkansas patients must have at least one of the following medicinal marijuana qualifications:
ALS
Alzheimer’s disease
Cachexia
Cancer
Chronic or debilitating disease
Crohn’s disease
Fibromyalgia
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Intractable pain
Multiple sclerosis
Peripheral neuropathy
PTSD
Seizures
Severe arthritis
Severe nausea
Severe and persistent muscle spasms
Tourette’s syndrome
Ulcerative colitis
Any medical condition or its treatment the Department of Health approves
California
California's medicinal marijuana conditions treated include:
Anorexia
Arthritis
Cachexia
Cancer
Chronic Pain
HIV or AIDS
Glaucoma
Migraine
Persistent Muscle Spasms
Severe Nausea
Seizures
Any debilitating illness that medical marijuana was “deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician.”
Colorado
Colorado's program includes these criteria for medical marijuana:
Cachexia
Cancer
Chronic pain
Chronic nervous system disorders
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Nausea
Persistent Muscle Spasms
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD)
Seizures
Connecticut
What medical conditions qualify for medical weed in Connecticut? This list includes:
ALS
Cachexia
Cancer
Cerebral Palsy
Complex regional pain syndrome
Crohn’s disease
Cystic Fibrosis
Epileps
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Intractable spasticity
Irreversible Spinal Cord Injury with Objective Neurological Indication of Intractable Spasticity
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson’s Disease
Post-surgical back pain with a condition called chronic radiculopathy
Post Laminectomy syndrome
PTSD
Severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
Sickle cell disease
Terminal Illness Requiring End-Of-Life Care
Ulcerative colitis
Uncontrolled Intractable Seizure Disorder
Other medical conditions the Department of Consumer Protection approves
Delaware
Do I qualify for medical marijuana in Delaware? Only if you have one of the following conditions:
Alzheimer’s disease
ALS
Cachexia
Cancer
Chronic pain
HIV or AIDS
Intractable epilepsy
Nausea
PTSD
Seizures
Severe and persistent muscle spasms
Florida
The criteria for medical marijuana in Florida include:
ALS
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
Chronic nonmalignant pain
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDs
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis
Muscle spasms
Parkinson’s disease
PTSD
Seizures
Terminal illness
Other comparable debilitating medical conditions
Georgia
Who qualifies for medical marijuana in Georgia? If you have any of these conditions, you may meet the state's medicinal marijuana requirements:
AIDS
Alzheimer’s disease
ALS
Autism
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
Hospice care patients
Mitochondrial disease
Multiple sclerosis
Parkinson’s disease
Severe or end-stage Peripheral neuropathy
Seizure disorder
Sickle cell disease
Tourette’s syndrome
Hawaii
Medicinal marijuana qualifications in Hawaii include:
Cachexia
Cancer
Chronic pain
Crohn’s disease
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Lupus
Multiple sclerosis
Nausea
Persistent muscle spasms
PTSD
Rheumatoid arthritis
Seizures
Illinois
Illinois medicinal marijuana conditions include:
Alzheimer’s disease
ALS
Arnold Chiari malformation
Cachexia/wasting syndrome
Cancer
Causalgia
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Complex regional pain syndrome type 2
Crohn’s Disease
Dystonia
Fibromyalgia
Fibrous dysplasia
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Hydrocephalus
Hydromyelia
Interstitial Cystitis
Lupus
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Myasthenia Gravis
Myoclonus
Nail-patella syndrome
Neurofibromatosis
Parkinson’s disease
PTSD
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sjogren’s syndrome
Spinal cord disease
Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)
Syringomyelia
Tarlov cysts
Tourette’s syndrome
Traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome
Indiana
Indiana patient medicinal marijuana qualifications are limited to:
Severe epilepsy that resists other treatments
Dravet syndrome
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Iowa
Patients in Iowa can use CBD extracts to treat:
ALS
Cancer
Cancer-related chronic pain, nausea, or cachexia
Crohn’s disease
HIV or AIDS
Multiple sclerosis
Parkinson’s disease
Intractable epilepsy
Terminal illness
Untreatable pain
Kentucky
Not many people have the medicinal marijuana qualifications to get an MMJ card in Kentucky. Intractable epilepsy is the only medical marijuana condition for this state.
Louisiana
Louisiana offers non-smokable cannabis options for patients who have:
Cachexia
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
Epilepsy
HIV or AIDS
Muscular dystrophy
Multiple sclerosis
Seizure disorders/spasticity
Maine
Maine patients must have one of the following medical marijuana conditions to apply for a card:
Alzheimer’s disease
ALS
Cachexia or wasting syndrome
Cancer
Chronic pain
Crohn’s disease
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Huntington’s disease
IBF
Multiple Sclerosis
Nausea
Nail-patella syndrome
Parkinson’s disease
PTSD
Maryland
In Maryland, the criteria for medical marijuana include:
Cachexia
Anorexia
Chronic Pain
Nausea
Seizures
Severe or persistent muscle spasms
Massachusetts
Massachusetts offers treatment options to patients with the following medical marijuana conditions:
ALS
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Hepatitis C
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson’s disease
Other conditions a qualifying patient’s physician recommends
Michigan
Do I qualify for medical marijuana in the Great Lake State? Only if you have:
Alzheimer’s disease
ALS
Cachexia or wasting syndrome
Cancer
Chronic pain
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Hepatitis C
Nail-patella
Nausea
PTSD
Seizures
Severe and persistent muscle spasms
Minnesota
Minnesota patients can only use non-smokable forms of cannabis. Here are the medical marijuana qualifications:
ALS
Cancer/cachexia
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
HIV or ADS
Intractable pain
PTSD
Seizures
Severe and persistent muscle spasms
Terminal illness
Tourette’s Syndrome
Mississippi
Mississippi only allows CBD oil for MMJ patients with intractable epilepsy.
Missouri
Missouri also limits intractable epilepsy patients to CBD oil.
Montana
Montana's medical marijuana program includes the following conditions:
Cachexia or wasting syndrome
Cancer
Chronic pain
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Nausea
Seizures
Severe or persistent muscle spasms
Nevada
Nevada has legalized recreational weed. But as a patient, you'll need one of these medicinal marijuana conditions:
AIDS
Cachexia
Cancer
Glaucoma
PTSD
Persistent seizures or muscle spasms
Severe pain or nausea
Other conditions could get approved
New Hampshire
What medical conditions qualify for medical weed in New Hampshire? Here's the list:
ALS
Alzheimer’s disease
Cachexia
Cancer
Chemotherapy-induced anorexia
Chronic pain
Chronic pancreatitis
Crohn’s disease
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Elevated intraocular pressure
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Lupus
Moderate to severe vomiting
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Nausea
Parkinson’s disease
Persistent muscle spasms
PTSD
Seizures
Severe pain that's not responding to prescription medication
Spinal cord injury or disease
Traumatic brain injury
Wasting syndrome
New Jersey
New Jersey allows medical cannabis to treat:
ALS
Cancer, including all associated chronic pain and/or severe nausea
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS, including all associated chronic pain and/or severe nausea)
IBF
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
PTSD
Seizure and/or spasticity disorders
Terminal illnesses that a doctor has deemed chronic
New Mexico
New Mexico's medicinal marijuana requirements allow patients to get cannabis for these conditions:
ALS
Anorexia/cachexia
Arthritis
Cancer
Cervical dystonia
Chronic pain
Crohn’s disease
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Hospice patients
Huntington’s disease
Intractable nausea/vomiting
Multiple sclerosis
Painful peripheral neuropathy
Parkinson’s disease
PTSD
Spinal cord damage
New York
New York recently legalized adult-use cannabis. But the following medical marijuana conditions are still applicable:
ALS
Cancer
Chronic pain
Epilepsy
HIV or AIDS
Huntington’s Disease
IBF
Parkinson’s Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Neuropathies
Spinal cord damage
North Carolina
North Carolina’s limited laws allow patients with intractable epilepsy to receive CBD oil treatment.
North Dakota
North Dakota legalized cannabis treatment for the following medicinal marijuana conditions:
Agitation from Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia
ALS
Cachexia or Wasting syndrome
Cancer
Chronic or debilitating disease
Crohn’s disease
Epilepsy
Fibromyalgia
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Intractable nausea
Multiple sclerosis
PTSD
Seizures
Severe and persistent muscle spasms
Severe debilitating pain
Spinal stenosis
Ohio
Ohio has the following qualifying medical conditions for marijuana:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Alzheimer’s disease
ALS
Cancer
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Crohn’s disease
Epilepsy or other seizure disorders
Fibromyalgia
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
IBF
Multiple Sclerosis
Pain that is either chronic and severe or intractable
Parkinson’s disease
HIV
PTSD
Sickle cell anemia
Spinal cord disease or injury
Tourette’s syndrome
Traumatic brain injury
Ulcerative colitis
Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s medical marijuana program only allows patients with pediatric epilepsy to use CBD oil.
Oregon
Oregon has legal recreational cannabis. Patients with the following medical marijuana conditions qualify:
Alzheimer’s disease
Cachexia
Cancer
Chronic pain
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Nausea
Persistent muscle spasms
PTSD
Seizures
Other conditions subject to approval
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has medical cannabis for these conditions:
ALS
Autism
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Huntington’s disease
IBF
Intractable seizures
Intractable spasticity
Multiple Sclerosis
Neuropathies
Parkinson’s disease
PTSD
Sickle cell anemia
Severe chronic or intractable pain
Terminal illness in those with less than a year left
Rhode Island
Rhode Island’s medical marijuana conditions include:
Alzheimer’s Disease
Cachexia
Cancer
Chronic pain
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Nausea
Persistent muscle spasms
PTSD
Seizures
Other conditions subject to approval
South Carolina
South Carolina has a CBD-only medical marijuana program with limited treatment for Dravet Syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, and refractory epilepsy.
Tennessee
Tennessee only allows CBD oil for intractable seizures.
Texas
Texas lets patients use CBD for intractable epilepsy.
Utah
Utah is another state that offers CBD for intractable epilepsy.
Vermont
Vermont's qualifying medical conditions for marijuana treatment include:
Patients receiving hospice care
Cachexia or wasting syndrome
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
HIV or AIDS
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson’s disease
PTSD
Seizures
Severe or chronic pain
Severe nausea
Virginia
Virginia patients that have intractable epilepsy can obtain a controlled form of CBD.
Washington
Washington's list of medical marijuana qualifications includes:
Cachexia
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Intractable pain
Persistent muscle spasms and/or spasticity
Nausea
PTSD
Seizures
Traumatic brain injury
Terminal or debilitating conditions
West Virginia
Qualifying criteria for medical marijuana in West Virginia include:
ALS
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
HIV or AIDS
Epilepsy
Huntington’s disease
Intractable seizures
Multiple sclerosis
Neuropathies
Parkinson’s disease
PTSD
Severe chronic or intractable pain
Spinal cord damage
Sickle cell anemia
Terminal illness
Wisconsin
Wisconsin's CBD-only medical marijuana program allows it for medical conditions when a patient obtains a doctor's recommendation.
Wyoming
Wyoming’s CBD-only medical law lets patients with intractable epilepsy seek treatment.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. offers medical marijuana for any condition that a doctor deems debilitating. The doctor must give a recommendation for cannabis treatment, as well.
How to get a prescription for medical marijuana
Medical marijuana is still illegal federally. With this being the case, you cannot get a marijuana prescription. Instead, you'll need a recommendation from a doctor to get your MMJ card.
A marijuana recommendation shows how patients will benefit from using marijuana as part of their treatment. So if you believe you could benefit from medicinal cannabis, you'll need to visit a doctor to get your recommendation.
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Our doctors will give you a consultation and review your medical information. After analyzing your qualifying condition, we’ll issue your medical cannabis certification. Once you have your certificate in hand, we’ll guide you through the state registration process.
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