Here's a Comprehensive List of Medical Conditions with Cannabis Treatment Options
Is cannabis medicine?
Judging from the multiple sources, news reports, and documents we've reviewed, and specifically the information-rich website Marijuana Doctors, there is little question that the cannabis plant provides health benefits and should be studied with great vigor.
Here is exhaustive list of more than 225 medical conditions for which cannabis has been used, or shows promise for treatment. Their list includes diseases, conditions, and medical-related events such as chemotherapy or being placed in hospice. (States that have legalized medical cannabis typically include a short list (about 20) of "qualifying conditions" for which cannabis can be recommended by doctors in those states.)
** NOTE: We've edited the Marijuana Doctors' list slightly for clarity. By all means, visit the site and click around. Amazing resource!
Admittance into hospice care
Agoraphobia
AIDS Related Illness
Alcohol Abuse
Alcoholism
Alopecia Areata
Alzheimer's Disease
Amphetamine Dependency
Amyloidosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Angina Pectoris
Ankylosis
Anorexia
Anorexia Nervosa
Anxiety Disorders
Any Chronic Medical Symptom that Limits Major Life Activities
Arachnoiditis
Arnold-Chiari Malformation
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
Arthritis
Arthritis (Rheumatoid)
Arthritis, Degenerative
Arthropathy (gout)
Arthropathy, Degenerative
Asthma
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
Auditory Neuropathy
Autism with Self-injurious or Aggressive Behavior
Autism/Aspergers
Autoimmune Disease
Autonomic Neuropathy
Back Pain
Back Sprain
Bell's Palsy
Bipolar Disorder
Brain Tumor, Malignant
Bruxism
Bulimia
Cachexia
Cancer; Adrenal Cortical, Endometrial, Prostate, Testicular, Uterine
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Causalgia
Cerebral Palsy
Cervical Disk Disease
Cervicobrachial Syndrome
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy Induced Anorexia
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Chronic Pain
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Cocaine Dependence
Colitis
Colitis, Collagenous
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
Cranial Neuropathy
Crohn's Disease
CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II)
Cystic Fibrosis
Darier's Disease
Decompensated Cirrhosis
Delirium Tremens
Depression, Major
Dermatomyositis
Diabetes, Adult Onset
Diabetes, Insulin Dependent
Diabetic Neuropathy
Diabetic Peripheral Vascular Disease
Diarrhea
Diverticulitis
Dysthymic Disorder
Dystonia
Eczema
Elevated Intraocular Pressure
Emphysema
Endometriosis
Epidermolysis Bullosa
Epididymitis
Epilepsy
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome with reoccurring back pain (Post-Laminectomy Syndrome with chronic radiculopathy)
Felty's Syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Fibrous Dysplasia
Focal Neuropathy
Friedreich's Ataxia
Gastritis
Gastritis, Acute
Genital Herpes
Glaucoma
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Graves Disease
Headaches, Cluster
Headaches, Tension
Hemophilia A
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
Hepatitis C, also if currently receiving antiviral treatment
Hereditary Spinal Ataxia
HIV/AIDS
Hospice Patients
Huntington's Disease
Hydrocephalus
Hydromyelia
Hypertension
Hyperventilation
Hypoglycemia
Hypothyroidism, Acquired
Impotence
Inflammatory autoimmune-mediated arthritis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Injuries that significantly interfere with daily activities as documented by the patient's provider
Insomnia
Insomnia, Persistent
Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)
Interstitial Cystitis
Intractable nausea or vomiting
Intractable Pain
Intractable Seizures
Intractable Vomiting
Irreversible Spinal Cord Injury with Objective Neurological Indication of Intractable Spasticity
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Lipomatosis
Lou Gehrig's Disease
Lupus
Lyme Disease
Lymphocytic colitis
Lymphoma
Melanoma, Malignant
Mania
Melorheostosis
Meniere's Disease
Migraine, Chronic
Mitochondrial disease
Motion Sickness
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS)
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Muscle Spasms
Muscular Dystrophy
Myasthenia Gravis
Myeloid Leukemia
Myoclonus
Nail-Patella Syndrome
Nausea, Severe
Neurofibromatosis
Neuropathy
Nightmares
Obesity
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Opiate Dependence
Optic Neuropathy
Osteoarthritis
Pain, Severe
Pancreatitis, Chronic
Panic Disorder
Parkinson's Disease
Peripheral Neuropathy
Peritoneal Pain
Porphyria
Post Concussion Syndrome
Post Polio Syndrome
Post-Laminectomy Syndrome with chronic radiculopathy
Post-traumatic arthritis
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
Prostatitis
Psoriasis, Severe
Psoriatic Arthritis
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Quadriplegia
Radiation Therapy
Raynaud's Disease
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Reiter's Syndrome
Renal Failure, Chronic
Residual Limb Pain
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rosacea
RSD (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1)
Schizoaffective Disorder
Schizophrenia
Scoliosis
Sedative Dependence
Seizures
Senile Dementia
Severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin, or in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is contraindicated or ineffective
Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle Cell Disease
Sinusitis
Sjoren's Syndrome
Skeletal Muscular Spasticity
Sleep Apnea
Sleep Disorders
Small Fiber Neuropathy
Spasticity
Spasticity, Intractable; or Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity
Spinal Cord Disease
Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury with spasticity
Spinal Cord Nervous Tissue Damage
Spinal Stenosis
Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS)
Stuttering
Syringomyelia
Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)
Tarlov Cysts
Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ)
Tenosynovitis
Terminal Illness, including those requiring end-of-life care
Thyroiditis
Tic Douloureux
Tietze's Syndrome
Tinnitus
Tobacco Dependence
Tourette's Syndrome
Traumatic Brain Injury
Trichotillomania
Ulcerative Colitis
Uncontrolled Intractable Seizure Disorder
Viral Hepatitis
Vomiting, Severe
Wasting Syndrome
Whiplash
Wittmaack-Ekbom's Syndrome
Writers' Cramp