What conditions DO qualify for the Rhode Island Medical Marijuana Program?

The following are approved qualifying conditions for patients who wish to register for Medical Marijuana Program:

• Cancer or the treatment of this condition
• Glaucoma or the treatment of this condition
• Positive status for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or the treatment of this condition
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or the treatment of this condition
• Hepatitis C or the treatment of this condition
• A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following:
  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Severe, debilitating, chronic pain
  • Severe nausea
• Seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy
• Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of
  multiple sclerosis or Crohn’s disease
• Agitation related to Alzheimer’s Disease

PTSD has been proposed to be one of the qualifying conditions and is still being considered.

Note: The Department of Health may inform you about other qualifying conditions and non-qualifying conditions.