What conditions qualify for medical marijuana in New York?

Assembly Bill 6357 allows patients diagnosed with one of the following conditions to be eligible for medical marijuana:

  • Cancer
  • positive status for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or
  • Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Lou Gehrig’s Disease
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with an objective neurological indication of intractable Spasticity
  • Epilepsy
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating
  • Polyneuropathy
  • Neuropathies and Huntington’s Disease
  • Chronic Pain
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)