Conditions and Terms

Terms and Conditions

Qualifying Conditions and How medical marijuana may help each disease.

  • Cancer
    • Antiemetic effects
    • Appetite stimulation
    • Nausea
    • Pain relief
    • Improved sleep
  • Parkinson’s disease
    • Pain relief
    • Reduced tremors
    • Better quality of sleep
    • Improved overall mood
    • More ease in movement
  • Huntington’s disease
    • Ease discomfort
    • Minimize nausea
    • Increase appetite
    • Stimulate sleep 
    • Pain-relieving properties for some symptoms
    • For some it slows down the progression of the disease
  • Muscular dystrophy
    • Muscle pain is often reported to diminish
    • Reduce inflammation
    • Help encourage relaxation of the muscles
  • Glaucoma
    • Reduce intraocular pressure
    • Reduces pain
    • Stop inflammation
    • Halt nausea and vomiting
  • Spastic quadriplegia
    • Alleviates muscle spasms
    • Alleviate pain associated with cerebral palsy-related muscle tension, to include a person with spastic quadriplegia experiences spasticity in their faces, torsos, and limbs.
  • Positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
    • Nausea
    • Stimulate appetite
  • Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
    • nausea
    • stimulate appetite
  • Hepatitis
    • Patients are more compliant with their medications
    • Cannabinoids in the herb may also offer therapeutic properties to combat liver inflammation
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
    • Muscle relaxant
    • Saliva reducer
    • Bronchodilator
    • Analgesic
    • Appetite stimulant
    • Reduces symptoms of insomnia and depression
  • Crohn’s disease
    • Appetite stimulant
    • Improves sleep
  • Ulcerative colitis
    • Reducing inflammation within the colon and rectum,
    • Stimulate appetite
    • Improve one’s mood, easing anxiety and depression
  • Sickle-cell anemia
    • Improves pain significantly. The cannabinoids marijuana contains work in your body’s endocannabinoid system with your natural receptors. This interaction reduces inflammation, eases pain, and helps with your body’s other processes.
  • Alzheimer’s disease
    • One of the main factors in Alzheimer’s progression is the prevalence of beta-amyloid proteins in the patient. Medical marijuana can help prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s and slow the disease’s progression. The psychoactive compound in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), slows beta-amyloid production.
  • Agitation of dementia
    • Evidence suggests that the utilization of marijuana products containing both tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) or CBD alone have been effective and safe for use in older people with agitation associated with dementia.
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    • Studies have shown that medical marijuana can help treat PTSD symptoms in even treatment-resistant cases. Cannabinoid receptors are located in various places throughout the body and brain, so both mental and physical symptoms can be altered with medical marijuana treatment.
  • Autism
    • Medical marijuana has been known to be a solution to alleviating outbursts of rage, seizures, and temper tantrums among autism patients. Cannabis and cannabis-based products such as concentrates, and tinctures can be responsible for the lessening of any erratic actions that may have occurred in the past.
  • Pain refractory to appropriate opioid management
    • Pain management
  • Diabetic/peripheral neuropathy
    • Inhaling marijuana can thwart diabetic neuropathy pain while not impairing cognitive function significantly, according to a new study. And, the higher dose you use, the more relief you get for your pain. Your peripheral nerves identify sensations of pain and contain cannabinoid receptors any form of marijuana consumption can impact.
  • Spinal cord disease or severe injury
    • Medical cannabis helps to manage a variety of uncomfortable symptoms after a spinal cord injury, including pain, spasticity, spasms, incontinence, insomnia, and fatigue. Patient surveys and studies show cannabis can relieve a host of symptoms and is a viable supplement to a treatment plan for spinal cord injuries.
  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
    • Depression
    • Pain and inflammation associated with underlying autoimmune and neurological diseases causing cachexia.
    • Appetite – cannabis helps improve the appetite of cachexia patients
    • Anxiety and stress
    • Marijuana may help improve and stabilize body weight in cachexia patients