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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