Table 1. Common qualifying conditions in states with medical marijuana laws.
Qualifying condition | State (standard US postal abbreviations) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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AK | AZ | CAa | CO | CT | DC | DE | HI | IL | MAa | MD | ME | MI | MN | MT | NH | NJ | NM | NV | NY | OR | RI | VT | WA | |
Cancer | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Glaucoma | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
HIV/AIDS | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Cachexia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Pain | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Nausea | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Seizures/epilepsy | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Multiple sclerosis | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Hepatitis C | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
Crohn's disease | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
Agitation in Alzheimer's | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
Posttraumatic stress disorder | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
Arthritis | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Parkinson's disease | X | X | X | X |
Law allows physicians to recommend marijuana for any condition that they feel marijuana may help treat.