Medical Marijuana Card

Qualifying Medical Conditions

Medical Marijuana Card Recommendations

The physicians at Tierra Healthcare have the right to exercise their medical judgment in recommending medical marijuana for patients that suffer from medical conditions considered to be debilitating and chronic. The list below contains some of the more common conditions that would qualify a patient for the use of medical marijuana (in qualifying states where we have doctors).

Common Medical Conditions

Cancer

Epilepsy

Glaucoma

HIV/AIDS

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Crohn’s disease

Parkinson’s disease

Multiple sclerosis

Medical conditions of the same kind or class as or comparable to those listed

A terminal condition diagnosed by a physician other than the qualified physician issuing the physician certification.

Chronic nonmalignant pain caused by a qualifying medical condition or that originates from a qualifying medical condition and persists beyond the usual course of that qualifying medical condition.

Cancer

Epilepsy

Glaucoma

HIV/AIDS

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Crohn’s disease

Chronic pain

Spinal cord injury with spasticity

Inflammatory bowel disease

Huntington’s disease

Parkinson’s disease

Multiple sclerosis

Neuropathy

Chronic pain

Pain that degrades health and functional capability as an alternative to opioid use or substance use disorder.

According to New York’s Department of Health Medical Marijuana Program:

You may be eligible for medical marijuana if you have been diagnosed with one or more of the following severe debilitating or life threatening conditions: cancer, HIV infection or AIDS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury with spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathy, Huntington’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain (as defined by 10 NYCRR §1004.2(a)(8)(xi)), pain that degrades health and functional capability as an alternative to opioid use or substance use disorder. The severe debilitating or life-threatening condition must also be accompanied by one or more of the following associated or complicating conditions: cachexia or wasting syndrome, severe or chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, or severe or persistent muscle spasms, PTSD or opioid use disorder.