States where medical marijuana is legal have approved it for a varying list of conditions. Depending on where you live, these might include:
It’s also important to realize that cannabis is almost always used to treat symptoms — like the muscle spasms of multiple sclerosis and the loss of appetite caused by HIV drugs — rather than the conditions themselves.
	
		
			
		
		
	
				
			- Severe and chronic pain
 - Multiple sclerosis and muscle spasms
 - Severe nausea and vomiting caused by cancer treatment
 - Epilepsy and seizures
 - Alzheimer’s disease
 - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
 - HIV/AIDS
 - Crohn’s disease
 - Glaucoma
 - Migraine
 - Anorexia
 - Extreme weight loss and weakness (wasting syndrome)
 - Irritable bowel syndrome
 - Post-traumatic stress disorder
 
It’s also important to realize that cannabis is almost always used to treat symptoms — like the muscle spasms of multiple sclerosis and the loss of appetite caused by HIV drugs — rather than the conditions themselves.
			
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