All information used was taken from the PA Department of Health website and is part of Act 16 of 2016 (the Act or Medical Marijuana Program).
The term "medical marijuana"refers to marijuana obtained for a certified medical use by a Pennsylvania resident with a serious medical condition and is limited by statute in Pennsylvania to the following forms:
- Pill;
- Oil;
- Topical forms, including gel, creams and ointments;
- A form medically appropriate for administration by vaporization or nebulization, excluding dry leaf or plant form;
- Tincture;
- Liquid.
Medical marijuana use was approved in Pennsylvania based on studies that have shown that medical marijuana can assist patients suffering from certain serious medical conditions by alleviating pain and improving their quality of life.
QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
The statute defines a "serious medical condition" as any one of the following:
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Autism
- Cancer
- Crohn’s Disease
- Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity
- Epilepsy
- Glaucoma
- HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) / AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
- Huntington’s Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome
- Intractable Seizures
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuropathies
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Huntington’s Disease
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is contraindicated or ineffective
- Sickle Cell Anemia
