28 states have mental illness on the list and 3 states don’t have a list at all but let doctors depoliticize the process and recommend any patient for whom marijuana may be medically beneficial or preferable. That invisible illness, mental health, is allowed in the following states courtesy of https://www.marijuanabreak.com/medical-marijuana-legal-states:
3. Arkansas
PTSD
4. California
*No specific qualifying conditions – the use of medical marijuana and issuance of an MMJ card in California is up to the discretion of the physician.
5. Colorado
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
6. Connecticut
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
7. Delaware
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Autism (w/ self-injurious or aggressive behavior)
8. Florida
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
9. Hawaii
PTSD
10. Illinois
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
11. Louisiana
Post-traumatic disorder (PTSD)
*Any of these four conditions associated with autism spectrum disorder:
- Repetitive or self-stimulatory behavior of such severity that the physical health of the person with autism is jeopardized
- Avoidance of others or inability to communicate of such severity that the physical health of the person with autism is jeopardized
- Self-injuring behavior
- Physically aggressive or destructive behavior
12. Maine
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
13. Maryland
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
14. Massachusetts
Other conditions as approved by a qualifying patient’s physician
15. Michigan
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Autism
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
16. Minnesota
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Autism
17. Montana
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
18. Nevada
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
19. New Hampshire
Moderate or severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Traumatic brain injury (TMI)
20. New Jersey
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
21. New Mexico
Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder
22. New York
Post-traumatic stress disorder
PTSD or opioid use disorder (only if enrolled in a treatment program certified pursuant to Article 32 of the Mental Hygiene Law)
24. Ohio
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
25. Oklahoma
Application and recommendation must be submitted by a licensed Oklahoma physician. There are currently no specific qualifying conditions.
26. Oregon
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
27. Pennsylvania
Autism
Opioid use disorder for which conventional therapeutic interventions are contraindicated or ineffective, or for which adjunctive therapy is indicated in combination with primary therapeutic interventions
Post-traumatic stress disorder
29. Vermont
PTSD (provided the applicant is undergoing psychotherapy or counseling with a licensed mental health care provider)
30. Washington
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
31. West Virginia
No specific qualifying conditions: patients must be diagnosed with a “serious medical condition” as certified by a physician. Click here to access the official West Virginia MMJ application.
33. Puerto Rico
Anxiety disorders
Anorexia
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