Conditions that can qualify for a medical cannabis card
These 17 conditions qualify in many states. Each state sets its own list and criteria, and some accept a condition only when it is severe or end stage. Your doctor confirms what applies where you live.
- Cancer When it is end stage, or treatment causes wasting illness or severe nausea and vomiting.
- Intractable pain Pain that has not responded to other treatment.
- PTSD For adults 18 and older.
- Seizure disorders Related to epilepsy or a traumatic head injury.
- Multiple sclerosis When it is severe or end stage.
- Parkinson's disease When it is severe or end stage.
- ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) When it is severe or end stage.
- Peripheral neuropathy When symptoms are severe.
- Crohn's disease When it is severe or end stage.
- Sickle cell disease When it is severe or end stage.
- Alzheimer's disease When it is severe or end stage.
- Autism spectrum disorder Age and severity criteria apply.
- Mitochondrial disease When it is severe.
- Tourette's syndrome When it is severe.
- Epidermolysis bullosa When it is severe.
- AIDS When it is severe or end stage.
- Hospice care For patients in an inpatient or outpatient hospice program.
Not sure your condition fits? Start an application and the doctor will help you decide.