QUALIFYING CONDITIONS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA
On November 06, 1996, California voters approved Proposition 215, removing the state-level criminal charges for marijuana use, possession, and cultivation by MMJ patients possessing a valid medical marijuana recommendation from a licensed 420 doctor who recommends that a patient may benefit from the use of medical marijuana.
Qualified patients and their primary caregivers may possess no more than eight ounces of marijuana, and six mature (or 12 immature) cannabis plants. However, patients may possess larger amounts of medical marijuana when recommended by a 420 doctor, as per Senate Bill 420.
WHAT AILMENTS QUALIFY FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS IN CALIFORNIA?
Below you will find some of the medical conditions that may qualify you for a medical marijuana card in California. There are many other conditions that are not listed that may also qualify you as a MMJ patient. A MMJ Doctor will be able to assess your condition during an 420 evaluation.
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California Medical Marijuana 420 Doctor for MMJ Patients
California medical marijuana patients are protected under the Compassionate Use Act, Proposition 215, if they have been diagnosed by a 420 doctor with one of the following medical conditions:
SPINAL INJURY & MEDICAL MARIJUANA | MMJ DOCTOR ONLINE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA & SPINAL INJURY
"Demonstrated benefits and the clinical potential of Marijuana-related elements (found in Medical Marijuana) for spinal injury and neurological issues is simply undeniable." - Dr. Gabet M.D.
Even minor s...
SPASTICITY & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
SPASTICITY & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
"Medical Marijuana high in CBD was more effective in treating Spasticity with minimal to no harmful side effects. As a result of these findings, we do not hesitate to recommend medical cannabis, particularly non-psychoactive ...
SEIZURES & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
SEIZURES & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
"I suffer from severe headaches and nausea and vomiting after a bad seizure. Medical Marijuana, compared to Phenobarbital, the price on my body - to pay for the barbiturates is far greater. Marijuana is no ...
SCHIZOPHRENIA & PSYCHOSIS & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA / PSYCHOSIS & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
"Clinical studies find that Non-psychoactive Marijuana containing CBD counteracts psychotic symptoms and cognitive impairment while reducing THC psychosis related to Cannabis...
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR PTSD (POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER)
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is caused by unresolved life-threatening events. PTSD symptoms may include bad dreams, flashbacks, panic attack ...
POOR APPETITE & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR APPETITE LOSS
MMJ DR - How does medical marijuana treat poor appetite?
“Trust in yourself, your ability, and your struggles, but not in your appetite.”
How does medical marijuana treat poor appetite?
Lack of appetite is ...
PMS & MEDICAL CANNABIS | MMJ DOCTOR
PMS Symptoms and Medical Marijuana
Pre Menstrual Syndrome – This is one condition that over 75% of women who menstruate will experience to some degree in their lifetimes. It’s a frustrating and often a very painful experience that can make life see...
PHANTOM PAIN & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
PHANTOM PAIN & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
"I can state confidently, as a physician with an extensive practice and specialized expertise in pain management, that marijuana can prove (and has proven) medically useful to alleviate horrific, chronic pain in...
PARKINSON'S & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR PARKINSON DISEASE
Researchers targeted a region in the brain, the globus/pallidum, which has the highest amount of CB1-receptors. CB1 receptors respond to Cannabinoids, medicinal compounds found in Medical Marijuana. MRSI r...
PAIN & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR PAIN
"Only great pain is the ultimate liberator of the spirit… I doubt that such pain makes us ‘better’; but I know that it makes us more profound.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
Marijuana and Pain Relief
Pain is defined as an u...
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER TREATMENT
"Smoking Marijuana helps me tremendously in keeping the burning & 'red ants' sensation." - Blogger at apparelyzed.com
A Neurological Disorder results when the nervous system's structural integrity, chemistry...
NAUSEA & MEDICAL MARIJUANA | MMJ DOCTOR ONLINE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR NAUSEA
Nausea - feeling when you might vomit at any moment. Nauseous feelings are meant to encourage fasting - to protect your body from a perceived threat- like food poisoning or bacteria. The main issue with nausea is th...
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
“Pain will make you try many things. When I tried cannabis, it was like three inhalations, six minutes later the pain was gone. The evidence was enough for me. It was life changing." Christa Mae, a muscular d...
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)
"A patient's spasticity made his legs extremely rigid, he was finding it increasingly difficult to walk or sleep, and he was losing bladder control. Following the use of Medical Marijuana, an examination...
MIGRAINES & MEDICAL MARIJUANA | MMJ DOCTOR ONLINE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR MIGRAINES
It is not uncommon to have a headache, and how strong it is can vary. Sometimes it feels as though you have minor pain on your temples, which bother you a bit, but you are able to continue with your day. Other times,...
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR WASTING SYNDROME/CACHEXIA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND WASTING SYNDROME/CACHEXIA
"Research data suggests that for HIV-positive patients, Medical Marijuana is well tolerated and produces substantial increases in food intake and body mass." Margaret Haney, PhD (paraphrase)
Cachexia o...
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR SPASMS | MMJ DOCTOR ONLINE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR SPASMS
Spasm is when a muscle suddenly contracts involuntarily, without useful function. While painful, spasms are normally harmless and don`t last too long. Muscle spasms can be well treated with electrolytes, hydration a...
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR INSOMNIA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR INSOMNIA
“ What is Insomnia? … Insomnia is difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, even when you have all chances to do so.” (sleepfoundation.org source)
Marijuana and Sleep
Many patients who have used medi...
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS
“A single ultra low dose of THC before ischemia [Insufficient Blood flow] is a safe and effective treatment that reduces myocardial ischemic [Heart Attack] damage.” Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Isra...
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR ADHD
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER - ADHD/ADD
“Marijuana helps with ADD and ADHD by increasing dopamine in your body. "
"The effect is the same as Ritalin, but mechanism of action is natural and is much safer than stimulants whic...
MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND TINNITUS
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR TINNITUS
Tinnitus affects the hearing in an about 20% of the population all over the world. There is an impaired function of the ear mechanisms in Tinnitus that service auditory response. Luckily, this health disorder is n...
MEDICAL MARIJUANA & HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
"One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills."
Marijuana and high blood pressure
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common ...
INFLAMMATION & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
INFLAMMATION & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
"Inflammation, a natural healing process that too often goes wrong" Dr. W. Rivers
Inflammation works to protect the body while it heals from injury, disease or other insults. The problem is if this instinct ...
HYPERTENSION & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
HYPERTENSION & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
"Cannabinoids in Medical Marijuana were found to manipulate a brain receptor that directly affects blood pressure. Marijuana shows anti-inflammatory properties and dilates the vessels, thereby lowering blood pressure...
HIV/AIDS & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
HIV / AIDS & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
When Dr. Molina began to study the effect of Cannabis on HIV/AIDS patients, she predicted that the patients might get high and eat more. But this drug, as most drugs do, would probably cause more harm than good.
However,...
HIGH EYE PRESSURE (IOP) & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
HIGH EYE PRESSURE (IOP) & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
“Living is Easy with your Eyes Closed.” John Lennon
Elevated High Eye Pressure is the major cause of most eye diseases including:
Macular Degeneration
Glaucoma
Blindness
...
HEADACHES & MEDICAL CANNABIS
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR HEADACHES
Headaches are defined by pain in the head or neck. There are a number of different types of headaches and any number of them can be caused by lack of sleep, stress, medications, infections, noise, illness, and...
GLAUCOMA & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR GLAUCOMA
"These glaucoma-induced headaches come on like freight trains - like, BOOM, my head starts hurting, my eyes start bugging, my whole body starts to tense up. But then I find [Sippy, the vape pen], and it relaxes everything...
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
"The pharmaceutical drugs I had to take did not really help, but rather made everything worse, The pain was so strong that I couldn't sleep, stay awake or even thi...
FIBROMYALGIA & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR FIBROMYALGIA
“I have patients with a range of pain syndromes who have failed all their other treatments and for whom Herbal Cannabis has been the only reasonable option that they have that controls their symptoms,” - Dr. Ware...
EXHAUSTION & MEDICAL CANNABIS
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE
"I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain." Venus Williams
The feeling ...
EPILEPSY TREATMENT
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR EPILEPSY
"We had exhausted all of her treatment options, except cannabis. Using a low THC - high CBD MMJ Med, she didn't have those three, four seizures that first hour, then the seizures stopped for another hour and then for...
DEPRESSION & MEDICAL CANNABIS | MMJ DOCTOR
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR DEPRESSION
Young teenage girl suffering depression and problems:
"When the world is ready to fall, on your little shoulders, when you're feeling lonely and small, you need somebody there to hold you. So never be ashamed, y...
CROHN'S DISEASE & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
IS MEDICAL MARIJUANA GOOD FOR CROHN DISEASE?
"I was fighting with Crohn's disease all my life until I found Medical Cannabis. CBD oil allowed me to recover and life a full life." author 'Live Free or Die' Shona Banda
Crohn's disease causes in...
CRAMPS & MEDICAL CANNABIS - MEDICAL MARIJUANA DOCTOR ONLINE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR CRAMPS
“I would talk to my grandkids in their 20s, and they would say they use pot to stop cramps.” Whoopi Goldberg
Cramps
Cramps - involuntary painful muscular contractions - triggered by an imbalance in electrolytes and ...
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR HEART DISEASE
Cardiovascular disease is public enemy number one. Disorders of the heart and circulatory system cause more death than any other disease, more than war, more than starvation.
The main cause of cardiovascular ...
CANCER & MEDICAL MARIJUANA | MMJ DOCTOR ONLINE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR CANCER PATIENTS
What is Cancer?
Cancer is a group of diseases - where mutant cells, essentially with now non-human DNA proliferate unchecked. In healthy people, mutant cells are killed or realize they commit suicide. ...
AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS TREATMENT (AD)
AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS (AD) & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
"Medical Marijuana is effective in treating AutoImmune Disorders . The majority of patients found a substantial improvement of their symptoms Clinical improvement and reduction of immunosuppressive ...
ASTHMA TREATMENT
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR ASTHMA
A recent clinical study revealed that the rats treated with CBD, a component of Medical Marijuana, experienced a reduction in two types of cytokines (small proteins important in cell signaling) that are implicated ...
ARTHRITIS
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR ARTHRITIS
"Scientists from all over the world found that Cannabinoids in Medical Marijuana showed great promise in treating early stages osteoarthritis".
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an inflammatory disorder where confused i...
ANXIETY / STRESS
Medical Marijuana for Anxiety and Stress
Anxiety and stress can result from a number of different sources. Stress can be caused by a lack of personal time, a demanding job, troubles with family members, unhealthy relationships, and life transitions....
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR ANOREXIA
"Lexapro and Prozac killed my anxiety, but they made me feel apathetic and numb, just like my eating disorder did to me. Cannabis works the opposite way. It heightens my senses and makes me feel more emotionally stable and the...
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
"Medical Cannabis is showing good results in treating Alzheimer's. Component known as THC in Medical Marijuana decreased the levels of rogue protein pieces which leads to less clumping and neuro-entanglements s...
