Table 2.

Common State Qualifying Conditions for Medical Cannabis that Were Deemed Partial Because of Broad Wording, Compared With Evidence Found by NAS¹¹

Qualifying Condition	NAS Evidence Related to This Condition
Anxiety	Limited evidence for: anxiety symptoms in those with social anxiety.
Cachexia	Limited evidence for: increased appetite and decreased weight loss in HIV/AIDS. Insufficient evidence for: anorexia/cachexia syndrome in cancer.
Cancer	Conclusive/substantial evidence of effectiveness for: long-term pain in cancer, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.Insufficient evidence for: cancer regression, cancer-associated anorexia/cachexia syndrome.
HIV or AIDS	Limited evidence of effectiveness for: increased appetite and decreased weight loss in HIV/AIDS.
Multiple sclerosis	Substantial evidence for: patient-reported MS spasticity, long-term pain due to MS. Moderate evidence for: improved short-term sleep outcomes for MS. Limited evidence for: clinician-measured MS spasticity. Limited evidence of ineffectiveness for: depressive symptoms due to MS.
Nausea	Conclusive evidence for: chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
Seizure	Insufficient evidence for: epilepsy.
Severe and persistent muscle spasms	Substantial evidence for: patient-reported MS spasticity. Limited evidence for: clinician-measured MS spasticity.Insufficient evidence for: spasticity due to paralysis due to spinal cord injury, dystonia, Parkinson's disease motor system symptoms, or levodopa-induced dyskinesia.

MS, multiple sclerosis; NAS, National Academy of Sciences.