Some of the qualifying conditions for a Rhode Island medical marijuana card include: cancer, cachexia, Alzheimer’s Disease, chronic pain, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis C, wasting syndrome, symptoms characteristic of epilepsy, muscle spasms, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), severe nausea, Crohn's Disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with intractable spasticity, epilepsy, or inflammatory bowel disease.
Qualified patients must be suffering from pain that is unresponsive to conventional treatment. If you believe you might be eligible for a medical marijuana card, talk to your doctor about getting your case evaluated.