In order to be considered for a medical marijuana prescription, you must have a qualifying condition according to the state of Florida to benefit from the use of medical marijuana. The State of Florida allows doctors to order medical marijuana for patients with a qualifying medical condition.

You must also meet the qualifying conditions for the Florida Medical Marijuana Program (Senate Bill 8-A). These conditions include:  

• Cancer
• Epilepsy
• Glaucoma
• HIV/AIDS
• PTSD
• ALS
• Crohn’s disease
• Parkinson’s disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Terminal Conditions
• Chronic nonmalignant Pain

Additionally, Senate Bill 8-A allows physicians to certify patients for medical marijuana recommendation after diagnosis of “other debilitating medical conditions of the same kind, class, or comparable to those above.  These may include:

• Severe generalized anxiety disorder
• Anorexia
• Arthritis with chronic debilitating pain
• Back pain
• Cachexia
• Cyclical vomiting syndrome
• Diabetes
• Hepatitis C
• Irritable bowel syndrome (with chronic abdominal pain)
• Lyme disease
• Migraine
• Muscle spasm
• Muscular dystrophy
• Severe & chronic pain
• Severe nausea
• Sickle cell anemia
• Other debilitating conditions of like, kind, class