According to the New York Medical Marijuana Amendment, the following conditions are qualified diagnoses that can be certified by a medical marijuana doctor so that you can apply for a medical marijuana card. 

 

There are a number of amendments to the law that have been proposed that would expand the number of qualifying diagnoses, but until it becomes law ARCannabis Clinic is bound by certifying the following medical diagnoses. 

There are qualified medical diagnoses to get a New York medical marijuana ID card:

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

• Cancer

• Chronic pain

• Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity

• Epilepsy

• HIV /AIDS

• Inflammatory bowel disease

• Huntington's disease 

• Multiple sclerosis

• Neuropathy

• Opioid use disorder (only if enrolled in a treatment program pursuant to article 32 of the mental hygiene law.)

• Opioid replacement

• Parkinson's disease

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Any of the following conditions where it is clinically associated with, or a complication of, a condition under this paragraph or its treatment: 

• Cachexia/Wasting syndrome 

• Post-traumatic stress disorder

• Severe or chronic pain

• Severe nausea

• Severe or persistent muscle spasm

• Seizures

• Opioid use disorder (only if enrolled in a treatment program pursuant to article 32 of the mental hygiene law)