Qualifying Conditions

Below you find find a list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana for each state. Check below to see if your condition is on the list. Please note that conditions are subject to be changed. We do our best to keep the list up to date but sometimes there are qualifying conditions that have not made it on the list yet. Contact your doctor or a medical marijuana evaluation center to find out the most recent list of qualifying conditions in your state and if you qualify for medical marijuana.

 

State
Qualifying Conditions
1. Alaska

Cachexia

cancer

chronic pain

epilepsy

seizures

glaucoma

HIV

AIDS

multiple sclerosis

nausea

2. Arizona

Cancer

glaucoma

HIV/AIDS

Hepatitis C

ALS

Crohn’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease

cachexia or wasting syndrome

severe and chronic pain

severe nausea

seizures

severe or persistent muscle spasms

multiple sclerosis

PTSD

3. Arkansas

Cancer

glaucoma

HIV/AIDS

hepatitis C

ALS, Tourette’s syndrome

Crohn’s disease

ulcerative colitis

PTSD

severe arthritis

fibromyalgia

Alzheimer’s disease

cachexia

peripheral neuropathy

intractable pain

severe nausea

seizures, including epilepsy

severe and persistent muscle spasms

multiple sclerosis

4. California

chronic pain,

glaucoma,

migraine,

persistent muscle spasms,

AIDS

anorexia

arthritis

cachexia

cancer

multiple sclerosis

seizures

5. Colorado

Cancer

glaucoma,

HIV/AIDS

cachexia

severe pain

severe nausea

seizures

epilepsy

persistent muscle spasms

6. Connecticut

Cancer

glaucoma

HIV/AIDS

Parkinson’s disease

multiple sclerosis

damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity

epilepsy

cachexia

Crohns disease

PTSD

7. Delaware

cancer

HIV/AIDS

Hepatitis C

ALS

Alzheimers disease

cachexia

debilitating pain

Post-traumatic stress disorder

8. Florida

Cancer

epilepsy

glaucoma

HIV/AIDS

PTSD

ALS

Crohns disease

Parkinson’s disease

multiple sclerosis

9. Hawaii

Cancer

glaucoma

HIV/AIDS

cachexia

severe pain

severe nausea

seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy

or severe and persistent muscle spasms

Crohn’s disease

PTSD

10. Illinois

cancer

glaucoma

HIV

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

hepatitis C

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,

Crohn’s disease

agitation of Alzheimer’s disease

cachexia

muscular dystrophy

severe fibromyalgia

spinal cord disease (including but not limited to arachnoiditis)

Tarlov cysts

hydromyelia syringomyelia

Rheumatoid arthritis

fibrous dysplasia

spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and post concussion syndrome

Multiple Sclerosis

Arnold-Chiari malformation and Syringomelia

Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Parkinson’s Disease

Tourette Syndrome

Myoclonus, Dystonia

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

RSD

Causalgia

CRPS

Neurofibromatosis

Chronic inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy,

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

Sjogren’s Syndrome

Lupus

Interstitial Cystitis

Myasthenia Gravis

Hydrocephalus

nail-patella syndrome or residual limb pain

11. Maine

Epilepsy and other disorders characterized by seizures

glaucoma

multiple sclerosis

other disorders characterized by muscle spasticity

nausea or vomiting as a result of AIDS or chemo therapy

12. Maryland

Cachexia

anorexia

severe or chronic pain

severe nausea

seizures

severe or persistent muscle spasms

13. Massachusetts

Cancer

glaucoma

AIDS

hepatitis C

ALS

Crohn’s disease

Parkinson’s disease

multiple sclerosis

14. Michigan

cancer

glaucoma

HIV

AIDS

hepatitis C

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Crohn’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease

nail patella

cachexia

severe and chronic pain

severe nausea

seizures

epilepsy

muscle spasms

multiple sclerosis

PTSD

15. Minnesota

cancer nausea or severe vomiting

cachexia

glaucoma

HIV/AIDS

Tourette’s syndorme

ALS

seizures

severe and persistent muscle spasms

Crohn’s disease

terminal illnesses with a life expectancy of under one year

16. Montana

PTSD

Chronic pain

cancer

glaucoma

HIV/AIDS

a chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces cachexia

chronic pain

severe nausea

seizures

severe or persistent muscle spasms, including spasms caused by multiple sclerosis or Crohn’s disease

admittance to hospice care

17. Nevada

AIDS

cancer

glaucoma

cachexia

persistent muscle spasms or seizures

severe nausea or pain

PTSD

18. New Hampshire

Cancer

glaucoma

positive status for human immunodeficiency virus

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

hepatitis C currently receiving antiviral treatment

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

muscular dystrophy

Crohn’s disease

multiple sclerosis

chronic pancreatitis

spinal cord injury or disease

traumatic brain injury

epilepsy

lupus

Parkinson’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease

chronic pain

19. New Jersey

Amyotrophic

lateral sclerosis

multiple sclerosis

terminal cancer

muscular dystrophy

inflammatory bowel disease

Crohn’s disease

terminal illness, if  less than 12 months left to live

20. New Mexico

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)

cancer

Crohn’s disease

epilepsy

glaucoma

hepatitis C infection currently receiving antiviral treatment

HIV/AIDS

Huntington’s Disease

hospice care

inclusion body myositis

inflammatory autoimmune

mediated

arthritis

intractable nausea/vomiting

multiple sclerosis

damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord

painful peripheral neuropathy

Parkinson’s disease

PTSD

severe chronic pain

severe anorexia cachexia

spasmodic torticollis

ulcerative colitis

21. New York

 cancer

HIV

AIDS

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Parkinson’s disease

multiple sclerosis

spinal cord injury with spasticity

epilepsy

inflammatory bowel disease

neuropathy

Huntington’s disease

cachexia or wasting syndrome

severe or chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, or severe or persistent muscle spasms

22. North Dakota

Cancer,

HIV/AIDS

hepatitis C

ALS

PTSD

Alzheimer’s disease

dementia

Crohn’s disease

fibromyalgia

spinal stenosis or chronic back pain including neuropathy or damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity

glaucoma

epilepsy

cachexia

severe debilitating pain that has not responded to previously prescribed medication

surgical measures for more than three months or for which other treatment options produced serious side effects, intractable nausea, seizures, or severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis

23. Ohio

AIDS/HIV

Alzheimer’s disease

ALS

cancer

chronic traumatic encephalopathy,

Crohn’s disease

epilepsy

fibromyalgia

glaucoma

hepatitis C

inflammatory bowel disease

multiple sclerosis

chronic, severe, or intractable pain

Parkinson’s disease

PTSD

sickle cell anemia,

spinal cord disease or injury

Tourette’s syndrome

traumatic brain injury

ulcerative colitis

24. Oregon

Cancer

glaucoma

degenerative or pervasive neurological condition

positive status for HIV/AIDS

cachexia

severe pain

severe nausea

seizures, including seizures caused by epilepsy, or persistent muscle spasms, including spasms caused by multiple sclerosis

25. Pennsylvania

Cancer

HIV/AIDS

ALS

Parkinson’s

multiple sclerosis

damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity

epilepsy

inflammatory bowel disease

neuropathies

Huntington’s disease

Crohn’s disease

PTSD

intractable seizures

glaucoma

sickle cell anemia

severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain,

autism

26. Rhode Island

Cancer

glaucoma

positive status for HIV/AIDS

Hepatitis C

cachexia

severe, chronic pain

severe nausea

seizures

Crohn’s disease

Alzheimer’s Disease

27. Vermont

Cancer

AIDS

positive status for HIV

multiple sclerosis

cachexia, severe pain or nausea or seizures

28. Washington

Crohn’s disease

Hepatitis C with debilitating nausea or intractable pain

anorexia

cachexia

cancer

HIV or AIDS

epilepsy

glaucoma

intractable pain

multiple sclerosis

29. Washington, DC

Severe and persistent muscle spasms

multiple sclerosis

patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy or using azidothymidine or protease inhibitors

HIV, AIDS

cancer

glaucoma