Medical Marijuana Qualifying Conditions by State

While cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, states have been given the latitude to implement their own marijuana laws. A majority of states now support the medicinal use of marijuana for certain conditions approved by each individual state. Some restrict medical marijuana use to only non-psychoactive CBD oil, while others permit full-plant utilization.

Select the state below for a list of qualifying conditions and information.

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  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • Cancer-related cachexia, nausea or vomiting, weight loss, or chronic pain
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Depression
  • Epilepsy or a condition causing seizures
  • HIV/AIDS-related nausea or weight loss
  • Panic disorder
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Persistent nausea that is not significantly responsive to traditional treatment, except for nausea related to pregnancy, cannabis-induced cyclical vomiting syndrome, or cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Sickle Cell Anemia
  • Spasticity associated with a motor neuron disease, including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Spasticity associated with Multiple Sclerosis or a spinal cord injury
  • Terminal illness
  • Tourette’s Syndrome
  • A condition causing chronic or intractable pain in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is contraindicated or has proved ineffective

To become a medical marijuana patient in Alaska, you must have one of the following conditions:

  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Pain
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Nausea
  • Seizures

View Alaska’s state laws.

Qualifying conditions for becoming a medical marijuana patient in Arizona include:

  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Nausea
  • Persistent Muscle Spasms
  • PTSD
  • Seizures

View Arizona’s state laws.

Arkansas medical marijuana laws allow registered qualifying patients to obtain, use, and possess cannabis to treat their conditions. Patients must have a physician’s written certification that they have been diagnosed with a debilitating condition and would likely benefit from the use of marijuana.

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Cachexia or Wasting Syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Chronic or Debilitating Disease
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Intractable Pain
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Seizures
  • Severe Arthritis
  • Severe Nausea
  • Severe and Persistent Muscle Spasms
  • Tourette’s syndrome
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Any other medical condition or its treatment approved by the Department of Health

View Arkansas state laws.

It is easier to get medicinal cannabis in California than in any other state. Qualifying conditions for becoming a patient in the Golden State include:

  • Anorexia
  • Arthritis
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Pain
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Glaucoma
  • Migraine
  • Persistent Muscle Spasms
  • Severe Nausea
  • Seizures
  • Any debilitating illness where the medical use of marijuana has been “deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician”

Reciprocity: 

CA welcomes adults 21 years and older with a valid driver’s license or state ID to purchase marijuana products for personal use.

View California’s state laws.

Despite the fact that cannabis is legally available in Colorado for any use, the state still operates a medicinal marijuana system for valid patients. Medical patients in The Centennial State must pay the standard sales tax, but are exempt from the additional excise and state taxes that apply to recreational sales.

Qualifying conditions for medical marijuana in Colorado include:

  • Any “condition for which a physician could prescribe an opioid”
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Chronic nervous system disorders
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Nausea
  • Persistent Muscle Spasms
  • Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
  • Seizures

Reciprocity:

All adults 21 and over with a valid government-issued ID can purchase products from a recreational dispensary.

View Colorado’s state laws.

Qualifying medical marijuana patients in Connecticut must have one of the following conditions.

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Chronic neuropathic pain associated with degenerative spinal disorders
  • Chronic pain of at least 6 months duration associated with a specified underlying chronic condition refractory to other treatment intervention
  • Chronic pancreatitis (subject to approval by the legislature’s Regulations Review Committee)
  • Complex regional pain syndrome
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • Hydrocephalus with intractable headache
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Interstitial cystitis
  • Intractable headache syndromes
  • Intractable neuropathic pain that is unresponsive to standard medical treatments
  • Intractable spasticity
  • Irreversible Spinal Cord Injury with Objective Neurological Indication of Intractable Spasticity
  • Medial arcuate ligament syndrome, or MALS syndrome
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Neuropathic facial pain
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Post herpetic neuralgia
  • Post-surgical back pain with a condition called chronic radiculopathy
  • Post laminectomy syndrome
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
  • Severe rheumatoid arthritis
  • Sickle cell disease
  • Spasticity
  • Spasticity or Neuropathic Pain Associated with Fibromyalgia
  • Terminal Illness Requiring End-Of-Life Care
  • Tourette syndrome
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Uncontrolled Intractable Seizure Disorder
  • Vulvodynia and vulvar burning
  • Wasting syndrome
  • Other medical conditions may be approved by the Department of Consumer Protection

Reciprocity: 

Connecticut does not participate in reciprocity agreements with other states.

View Connecticut’s state law page.

Delaware supports patients with a medical marijuana program and possession of small amounts is decriminalized for all residents 18 years and older.

Qualifying conditions for medical marijuana in Delaware include:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Anxiety
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain (that has not responded to previously prescribed medication or surgical measures for more than three months)
  • Cirrhosis
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Intractable epilepsy
  • Migraine
  • Nausea
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Seizures
  • Severe and persistent muscle spasms (including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis)
  • Any other debilitating condition as authorized by a physician and if “current standard care practices and treatments have been exhausted, and there are grounds to support that the patient may benefit from this treatment.”

View Delaware’s state laws.

Medical marijuana patients in the District of Columbia must either have one of the conditions listed below, or another condition diagnosed as “debilitating” by a licensed physician.

  • Any debilitating condition as recommended by a D.C. licensed doctor

View DC’s state laws.

Florida currently permits only the use of high CBD/low THC cannabis extracts, as well as a legal defense for the medicinal use of low-THC marijuana. Qualifying conditions include:

  • ALS
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Chronic nonmalignant pain*
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • PTSD
  • Seizures
  • Terminal illness (patients diagnosed with no more than 12-months to live)
  • Other debilitating medical conditions comparable to those enumerated *Defined as “pain that is either caused by or originates from a qualifying medical condition”

View Florida’s state laws.

Georgia’s medical cannabis laws permit only the use of CBD oil that is low in THC (less than 5% THC). To become a medical marijuana patient, you must have one of the following conditions:

  • AIDS
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Autism
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Hospice care patients
  • Intractable Pain
  • Mitochondrial disease
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Post-traumatic stress syndrome
  • Severe or end stage Peripheral neuropathy
  • Seizure disorder
  • Sickle cell disease
  • Tourette’s syndrome

View Georgia’s state laws.

Residents of the islands with a qualifying condition can register with the Medical Cannabis Registry Program to legally purchase and/or grow marijuana under the statutes of the law. Qualifying conditions for medical marijuana in Hawaii include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Lupus
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Nausea
  • Persistent muscle spasms
  • Post traumatic stress
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Seizures

View Hawaii’s state laws.

Indiana passed a CBD law allowing the use of cannabis extracts with less than 0.3% THC, when recommended by a physician to aid a state-approved qualifying condition:

  • Treatment-resistant epileptic conditions, including Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

View Indiana state laws.

CBD oil is not yet legal in Idaho. A bill which would have allowed parents to possess up to 32 fluid ounces of liquid cannabidiol oil for the treatment of seizure disorders was vetoed by Gov. Butch Otter in 2015.

The governor has said he will issue an executive order requiring the state’s Department of Health and Welfare to study the efficacy of CBD oil on the treatment of epilepsy.

View Idaho state laws.

In Illinois, you can qualify for marijuana with any of the following conditions.

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Anorexia nervosa
  • “Any medical condition for which an opioid has been or could be prescribed by a physician based on generally accepted standards of care”
  • Arnold Chiari malformation
  • Autism
  • Cachexia/wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Causalgia
  • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
  • Chronic pain
  • Complex regional pain syndrome type 2
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Dystonia
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Fibrous dysplasia
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hydromyelia
  • Interstitial Cystitis
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Lupus
  • Migraines
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Myoclonus
  • Nail patella syndrome
  • Neuro-Behcet’s autoimmune disease
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Neuropathy
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Polycystic kidney disease
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Sjogren’s syndrome
  • Spinal cord disease
  • Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)
  • Superior canal dehiscence syndrome
  • Syringomyelia
  • Tarlov cysts
  • Tourette’s syndrome
  • Traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome
  • Ulcerative colitis

Reciprocity:

Illinois does not have a reciprocity agreement in place with other states, but adults 21 and older can purchase cannabis from recreational dispensaries when in the state.

View Illinois’ state laws.

Iowa allows only the use of high-CBD marijuana extracts with less than 0.3% THC for use with the following medical conditions:

  • AIDS/HIV
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • Autism (with self-injurous or aggressive behavior)
  • Cancer
  • Cancer-related chronic pain, nausea, or cachexia
  • Chronic pain
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Intractable epilepsy
  • Terminal illness
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Chronic pain

View Iowa’s state laws.

Kansas has legalized cannabidiol (CBD) by exempting it from the state’s definition of marijuana. This makes it legal to possess and sell CBD in accordance with state licensing laws.

View Kansas state laws.

Kentucky permits the use of low-THC cannabis oil, but access is highly limited. Only those taking part in a clinical trial or expanded access program can legally possess it.

  • Intractable epilepsy

View Kentucky’s state laws.

Qualifying conditions for medical marijuana patients in Louisiana include:

  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Cachexia/wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Intractable pain (defined as “pain so chronic or severe as to otherwise warrant an opiate prescription”)
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Seizure disorders/spasticity
  • Severe muscle spasms
  • Any other condition not otherwise specified “that a physician, in his medical opinion, considers debilitating to an individual patient and is qualified through his medical education and training to treat” 

View Louisiana’s state laws.

To qualify for medical marijuana in Maine, you must have one of the following conditions:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Nausea
  • Nail-patella syndrome
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Any condition for which a physician recommends cannabis therapy

View Maine’s state laws.

Qualifying medical marijuana patients in Maryland must have one of the following conditions:

  • Cachexia, Anorexia, or Wasting Syndrome
  • Chronic or severe pain
  • Glaucoma
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Seizures
  • Severe or persistent muscle spasms
  • Severe nausea
  • Seizures
  • Another chronic medical condition which is severe and for which other treatments have been ineffective.

 

View Maryland’s state laws.

In Massachusetts, the qualifying conditions for becoming a medical marijuana patient include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Hepatitis C
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Other conditions as determined in writing by a qualifying patient’s physician

View Massachusetts’ state laws.

To qualify as a medical cannabis patient in Michigan, you must have one of the following conditions:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Arthritis
  • Austism
  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Colitis
  • Chronic pain
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Hepatitis C
  • Nail patella
  • Nausea
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Parkinson’s
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Seizures
  • Severe and persistent muscle spasms
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Tourette’s syndrome
  • Ulcerative colitis

View Michigan’s state laws.

Smoking cannabis is banned for medicinal purposes in Minnesota; patients can only receive a 30-day supply of edibles, oils or concentrates. You must have one of the following conditions to qualify:

  • Age-related macular degeneration
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Autism
  • Cancer/cachexia
  • Chronic pain
  • Chronic vocal or motor tic disorder (effective August 2021)
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Intractable pain
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Seizures
  • Severe and persistent muscle spasms
  • Sickle cell disease (effective August 2021)
  • Sleep apnea
  • Terminal illness
  • Tourette’s Syndrome

View Minnesota’s state laws.

Mississippi allows the medical use of marijuana for any of the following conditions. 

However, the law is not yet operational.

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Autism with aggressive behaviors
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Dementia-related agitation
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Intractable nausea
  • Intractable seizures
  • Multiple sclerosis and/or severe muscle spasticity
  • Neuropathies (chronic nerve pain)
  • Opioid management
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Severe chronic or intractable pain
  • Spinal cord damage
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Terminally illness
  • Ulcerative colitis

View Mississippi’s state laws.

Patients in Missouri are permitted to access medical marijuana for any of the following list of conditions:

  • Alzheimer’s disease (agitation related to)
  • Any terminal illness
  • Autism
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Chronic pain/neuropathy
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV/AIDS or cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Huntington’s disease
  • IBS
  • Intractable migraines
  • Lou Gehrig’s disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Opioid substitution
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • PTSD or other “debilitating psychiatric disorders”
  • Tourette syndrome
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Seizures
  • Any “other chronic, debilitating or other medical condition” that may be alleviated by marijuana “in the professional judgement of a physician”

View Missouri’s state laws.

Qualifying medicinal marijuana patients in Montana must have one of the following conditions:

  • Admittance into hospice care in accordance with rules adopted by the department
  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Central nervous system disorder resulting in chronic, painful spasticity or muscle spasms
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Epilepsy or an intractable seizure disorder
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Intractable nausea or vomiting
  • Painful peripheral neuropathy
  • Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Severe chronic pain that is persistent pain of severe intensity that significantly interferes with daily activities as documented by the patient’s treating physician

View Montana’s state laws.

Qualifying conditions for medical marijuana patients in Nevada include:

  • Anorexia
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Autoimmune disorders
  • AIDS / HIV
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Glaucoma
  • Opioid dependency
  • Muscle spasms or seizures
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Neuropathic conditions (whether or not the condition causes seizures)
  • Severe nausea or pain
  • Other conditions are subject to approval

View Nevada’s state laws.

In New Hampshire, patients must have one of the following conditions to qualify for medical marijuana:

  • 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 (currently receiving antiviral treatment)
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Lupus
  • Moderate to severe vomiting
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Nausea
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Persistent muscle spasms
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Seizures
  • Severe pain (that has not responded to previously prescribed medication)
  • Spinal cord injury or disease
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Wasting syndrome

View New Hampshire’s state laws.

Qualifying medical marijuana patients in New Jersey must have one of the following conditions:

  • Addiction substitute therapy for opioid reduction
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Anxiety
  • Cancer (includes associated chronic pain and/or severe nausea)
  • Chronic pain
  • Chronic visceral pain
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps)
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS (includes associated chronic pain and/or severe nausea)
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
  • Migraines
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Opioid dependency
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Seizure and/or spasticity disorders
  • Tourette’s syndrome
  • Any terminal illness if a doctor has determined the patient will die within a year

View New Jersey state laws.

Qualifying conditions to for medical marijuana patients in New Mexico include:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
  • Anorexia/cachexia
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Cancer
  • Cervical dystonia
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Epilepsy and other seizure disorders
  • Friedreich’s ataxia
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C infection
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Hospice patients
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Inflammatory autoimmune-mediated arthritis
  • Intractable nausea/vomiting
  • Lewy body disease
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Obstructive sleep apnea
  • Opioid dependency or other substance abuse disorders
  • Painful peripheral neuropathy
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Severe chronic pain
  • Spasmodic torticollis
  • Spinal cord damage
  • Spinal muscular atrophy
  • Ulcerative colitis

View New Mexico’s state laws.

Medical marijuana patients in New York must have one of the following conditions:

  • Acute pain management
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Epilepsy
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Huntington’s Disease
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Neuropathies
  • Opioid substitution
  • Spinal cord damage

View New York’s state laws.

CBD oil is the only form of medical marijuana available in North Carolina. Qualifying conditions include:

  • Intractable epilepsy

View North Carolina’s state laws.

North Dakota signed a medical marijuana bill into law in 2016 allowing the purchase and use of cannabis for any of the following medical conditions:

  • Agitation from Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • Anorexia nervosa
  • Anxiety disorder
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Brain injury
  • Bulimia nervosa
  • Cachexia or Wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Chronic or debilitating disease
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  • Endometriosis
  • Epilepsy
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Interstitial cystitis
  • Intractable nausea
  • Neuropathy
  • Migraine
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Seizures
  • Severe and persistent muscle spasms
  • Severe debilitating pain
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Tourette syndrome

View North Dakota state laws.

Ohio’s medical marijuana law allows access to cannabis for patients with any of the following conditions:

  • Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorders
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Pain that is either of the following nature: (i) Chronic and severe; or (ii) Intractable
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Positive status for HIV
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Spinal cord disease or injury
  • Tourette’s syndrome
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Ulcerative colitis

View Ohio state laws.

The decision to recommend medical marijuana is solely up to the treating physician.

View Oklahoma’s state laws.

Qualifying medical marijuana patients in Oregon must have one of the following conditions:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Nausea
  • Persistent muscle spasms
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Seizures
  • Other conditions are subject to approval

View Oregon’s state laws.

The extensive list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana in Pennsylvania includes:

  • ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Autism
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Dyskinetic/spastic movement disorders
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Intractable seizures
  • Intractable spasticity
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Opioid dependency
  • Neurodegenerative disorders
  • Neuropathies
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Severe chronic or intractable pain
  • Terminal illness (defined as 12 months or fewer to live)
  • Tourette syndrome

View Pennsylvania’s state laws.

To qualify for medical marijuana in Rhode Island, patients must have any of the following conditions:

  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Austism
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic pain
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Nausea
  • Persistent muscle spasms
  • Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Seizures
  • Other conditions are subject to approval

View Rhode Island’s state laws.

South Carolina permits only the use of CBD oil, and it is provided only in the following circumstances:

  • Dravet Syndrome
  • Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
  • Refractory epilepsy

View South Carolina’s state laws.

Medical marijuana is not currently legal in South Dakota but will become legal on July 1, 2021 due to Measure 26 being passed.

Under the new measure, patients with the following conditions will qualify for the use of medical marijuana:

  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Severe, debilitating pain
  • Nausea
  • Seizures
  • Muscle spasms, including, those characteristic of multiple sclerosis;
  • Any other medical condition or its treatment added by the department
Resident of South Dakota may petition to add a serious medical condition or treatment to the list of debilitating medical conditions.

View South Dakota state laws.

CBD oil is the only form of cannabis available to patients in Tennessee. Qualifying conditions for becoming a patient include:

  • Intractable seizures

View Tennessee’s state laws.

Texas is another state that allows only the use of CBD oil. Qualifying conditions for becoming a medical marijuana patient include:

  • Autism
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Incurable neurodegenerative disorders
  • Intractable Epilepsy
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Seizure disorders
  • Terminal cancer

View Texas’ state laws.

Non-herbal medical marijuana is permitted in Utah. In order to qualify for it as a patient, you must have one of the following conditions:

  • ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Autism
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Epilepsy or a similar condition that causes “debilitating seizures”
  • Multiple sclerosis or persistent and debilitating muscle spasms
  • Nausea (must be persistent)
  • Pain lasting longer than two weeks that is not adequately managed despite treatment attempts
  • PTSD “that is being treated or monitored by a licensed mental health therapist”
  • Any terminal illness where life expectancy is less than six months
  • Any condition resulting in hospice care
  • Any rare condition that effects fewer than 200,000 persons in the United States as defined by Section 526 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and is not adequately managed despite treatment attempts

View Utah’s state laws.

Qualifying medical marijuana patients in Vermont must have one of the following conditions:

  • Any patient receiving hospice care
  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease (effective July 1, 2017)
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Parkinson’s disease (effective July 1, 2017)
  • PTSD (effective July 1, 2017)
  • Seizures
  • Severe or chronic pain
  • Severe nausea

View Vermont’s state laws.

Medical marijuana is available to patients in Virginia for any diagnosed condition determined by a physician to benefit from such use.

View Virginia state laws.

Qualifying conditions for medical marijuana patients in Washington include the following:

  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Intractable pain
  • Persistent muscle spasms, and/or spasticity
  • Nausea
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Seizures
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Any “terminal or debilitating condition”

View Washington’s state laws.

A comprehensive medical marijuana law has been signed in by Gov. Jim Justice, although the new program is not yet operational. The Bureau of Public Health will begin to issue marijuana patient ID cards on July 1, 2019.

Qualifying Conditions:

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Epilepsy
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Intractable seizures
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Neuropathies (chronic nerve pain)
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Severe chronic or intractable pain
  • Spinal cord damage
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Terminally illness

View West Virginia state laws.

Wisconsin limits medicinal cannabis use to non-psychoactive CBD oil. Qualifying conditions include:

  • Seizure disorders
  •  Any “medical condition” for which a physician recommends it.

View Wisconsin’s state laws.

Wyoming allows only the use of low-THC CBD oil. Qualifying conditions include:

  • Intractable epilepsy that “does not respond to other treatment options”

View Wyoming’s state laws.