SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS
Under Act 16 of 2016 (the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act or the Act), Pennsylvania resident suffering from a "serious medical condition" will be considered candidates for medical marijuana. The following medical conditions, which are listed on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania website, are deemed "serious medical conditions":
SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS |
SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS |
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gherig's Disease) |
Hungtington's Disease |
Autism |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Cancer |
Intractable Seizures |
Crohn's Disease |
Multiple Sclerosis |
Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord (with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity) |
Neuropathies |
Epilepsy |
Parkinson's Disease |
Glaucoma |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) |
HIV/AIDS |
Sickle Cell Anemia |
Severe Chronic or Intractable Pain of neuropathic origin OR Severe Chronic or Intractable Pain in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is contraindicated or ineffective. |
OPIOID REDUCTION or to treat opioid addiction* |