Medical Cannabis Conditions

Qualifying conditions for medical marijuana in Massachusetts

The state’s Act for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana states that patients must have a “debilitating medical condition” specified by the state to register and receive a medical card. The law defines illnesses as debilitating if they are “causing weakness, cachexia, wasting syndrome, intractable pain, or nausea, or impairing strength or ability, and progressing to such an extent that one or more of a patient’s major life activities is substantially limited.”

The qualifying conditions listed by the state include:

HIV/AIDS
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
Crohn’s Disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Cancer
Parkinson’s Disease
Multiple sclerosis
Other conditions as determined in writing by a patient’s physician

Nevada qualifying conditions for medical marijuana

Qualifying conditions to become a medical marijuana patient in Nevada include:

AIDS
Cancer
Glaucoma
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
A medical condition or treatment for a medical condition that produces, for a specific patient, one or more of the following:
Cachexia
Persistent muscle spasms (including multiple sclerosis)
Seizures, including seizures caused by epilepsy
Severe nausea
Severe pain
Any other chronic or debilitating medical condition that, in the professional judgment of a physician, might be helped by the use of medical cannabis