How to get a Medical Marijuana Card in all Legal States

January 12th, 2010

Click on the state you live in and we give you all the information you need to apply for your medical marijuana card. Also we will give you details on the best medical marijuana doctors that are located within your state.

Alaska

Eligible Conditions in Alaska: (A) cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or treatment for any of these conditions;

(B) any chronic or debilitating disease or treatment for such diseases, which produces, for a specific patient, one or more of the following, and for which, in the professional opinion of the patient’s physician, such condition or conditions reasonably may be alleviated by the medical use of the marijuana: cachexia;  severe pain; severe nausea; seizures, including those that are characteristic of epilepsy; or persistent muscle spasms, including those that are characteristic or multiple sclerosis; or

(C) any other medical condition, or treatment for such condition, approved by the department, under regulations adopted under AS17.37.060 or approval of a petition submitted under AS17.37.060

Arizona

Eligible Conditions in Arizona: Cancer, Glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, ALS, Crohn’s disease, Alzheimer’s, Cachexia or wasting syndrome, Severe and chronic pain, Severe nausea, Seizures (including epilepsy), Severe or persistent muscle spasms (including multiple sclerosis)

California

Eligible Conditions in California: AIDS, Anorexia, Arthritis, Cachexia, Cancer, Chronic pain, Glaucoma, Migraine, Persistent muscle spasms, including spasms associated with multiple sclerosis, Seizures, including seizures associated with epilepsy, Severe nausea,

Other chronic or persistent medical symptoms

Colorado

Eligible Conditions in Colorado: Cancer, Glaucoma, HIV or AIDS positive

OR  a chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition that produces, for this patient, one or more of the following and which, in the physician’s professional opinion, may be alleviated by the medical use of marijuana: Cachexia, Severe pain, Severe nausea, Seizures (including those characteristic of epilepsy), Persistent muscle spasms

Delaware:

Eligible Conditions in Delaware: cancer, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, and post-traumatic stress disorder

Important Note: Card administration is not expected to be finalised in Delaware until July 2012

Hawaii

Eligible medical conditions in Hawaii: Cachexia, Cancer, Chronic pain, Crohn’s disease, Epilepsy and other disorders characterized by seizures, Glaucoma, HIV or AIDs, Multiple sclerosis and other disorders characterized by muscle spasticity, Nausea, Other conditions are subject to approval by the Hawaii Department of Health

Maine

Eligible Medical Conditions in Maine: Cancer, Glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease), Crohn’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Nail-patella syndrome (NPS or TurnerKiser syndrome), Pain that has not responded to ordinary medical or surgical measures for more than 6 months, Cachexia or wasting syndrome, Severe nausea, Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy, Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis, Any other medical condition approved by the Department of Health and Human Services

Maryland

Despite the passage of Senate Bill 308 in May 2001,  you won’t find lists of approved medical conditions or cannabis doctors; there is no guidance given on what your physician needs to write to prove your eligibility to marijuana as medicine.

Michigan

Eligible Conditions in Michigan: Cancer, Glaucoma, Positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Hepatitis C, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, Agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, Nail patella

A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one of more of the following:  cachexia or wasting syndrome;  severe and chronic pain; severe nausea; seizures, including but not limited to those caused by epilepsy; or severe or persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to, those which are characteristic of multiple sclerosis

Any other medical condition or treatment for a medical condition adopted by the department by rule

Montana

Eligible Medical Conditions in Montana: Cancer, glaucoma, or positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or the treatment of these conditions

A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: Cachexia or wasting syndrome, Severe or chronic pain, Severe nausea, Seizures, including but not limited to seizures caused by epilepsy, Severe or persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to spasms caused by multiple sclerosis or Crohn’s disease

Nevada

Eligible Conditions in Nevada: AIDS, Cancer, Glaucoma, Cachexia (wasting disease), Persistent muscle spasms, including spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, Seizures, including seizures caused by epilepsy, Severe nausea, Severe pain, Any other medical condition or treatment for a medical condition that is: (a) Classified as a chronic or debilitating medical condition by regulation of the Division; or (b) Approved as a chronic or debilitating medical condition following an application to the DHSS

New Mexico

Eligible Conditions in New Mexico: Severe chronic pain, Painful peripheral neuropathy,  Intractable nausea/vomiting, Severe anorexia/cachexia, Hepatitis C infection,  Crohn’s disease, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,  ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), Cancer, Glaucoma, Multiple sclerosis, Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with intractable spasticity, Epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, Hospice patients

Oregon

Eligible Conditions in Oregon: Alzheimer’s Agitation, Cancer, Glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Cachexia (wasting syndrome), Severe Pain, Severe Nausea, Seizures, not limited to Epilepsy; or Persistent Muscle Spasms, not limited to Multiple Sclerosis

Rhode Island

Eligible Conditions in Rhode Island: Cancer, Glaucoma, Hepatitis C, HIV, Treatment for any of these conditions

In addition, a doctor may recommend medical marijuana for other debilitating conditions if the condition produces one of the following conditions in the patient: Cachexia, Severe, debilitating, chronic pain, Severe nausea, Seizures, including those that are characteristic of epilepsy, Persistent muscle spasms, including those that are characteristic of multiple sclerosis or Crohn’s Disease, Agitation of Alzheimer’s Disease

Vermont

Eligible Conditions in Vermont: Cachexia (wasting syndrome), Severe pain, Nausea, Seizures

Washington

Eligible Conditions in Washington State: Cancer, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Multiple sclerosis, Epilepsy or other seizure disorder, Spasticity disorders, Intractable pain, (that is pain unrelieved by standard medical treatments and medications), Glaucoma, either acute or chronic (increased intraocular pressure unrelieved by standard treatments and medications), Crohn’s disease with debilitating symptoms unrelieved by standard treatments or medications, Hepatitis C with debilitating nausea or intractable pain unrelieved by standard treatments or medications

Diseases, including anorexia, resulting in the following symptoms which are unrelieved by standard treatments or medications: Nausea, Vomiting, Wasting, Appetite loss, Cramping, Seizures, Muscle spasms, Spasticity, Any other medical condition duly approved by the Washington state medical quality assurance commission in consultation with the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery.

Washington DC

Eligible Conditions in Washington DC: HIV/AIDS, Glaucoma, Multiple Sclerosis, Cancer, Chronic renal failure

Any other condition, as determined by rulemaking, that is:  Chronic or long-lasting, Debilitating, Interferes with basic functions of life, Is a serious medical condition for which the use of medical marijuana is beneficial, Cannot be effectively treated by any ordinary medical or surgical measure, For which there is scientific evidence that the use of medical marijuana is likely to be significantly less addictive than the ordinary medical treatment for that condition

You may also qualify as a medical marijuana patient if you undergo any of the following treatments: Chemotherapy, The use of azidothymidine or protease inhibitors, Radiotherapy, Any other treatment, as determined by rulemaking, whose side effects require treatment through the administration of medical marijuana in the same manner as a qualifying medical condition

If you have useful information on medical marijuana cards, don’t forget that our medical marijuana forum is designed to be a pooled resource.

Once you have your medical marijuana card, you are in the fortunate position, where you can legally buy marijuana from a medical marijuana dispensary.