Article 14 of the Missouri State Constitution was adopted on December 6, 2018. It provided a generous list of medical conditions that could possibly qualify a patient for medical cannabis use. The rules being established to govern Missouri’s Medical Marijuana Program for patients are currently (until June 4, 2019) in draft form. The following is the list, verbatim, of those conditions as described in Article 14. Where possible, we have linked each condition to information that describes the potential therapeutic use of cannabis for said ailment. The linked resources will be complete and scientific enough to print and bring to your doctor’s visit as well.
Article 14, Section 1.2.”‘(15) Qualifying medical condition’ means the condition of, symptoms related to, or side-effects from the treatment of:
(a) Cancer;
(b) Epilepsy;
(c) Glaucoma;
(d) Intractable migraines unresponsive to other treatment;
(e) A chronic medical condition that causes severe, persistent pain or persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those associated with multiple sclerosis, seizures, Parkinson’s disease, and Tourette’s syndrome;
(f) Debilitating psychiatric disorders, including, but not limited to, post-traumatic stress disorder, if diagnosed by a state licensed psychiatrist;
(g) Human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome;
(h) A chronic medical condition that is normally treated with a prescription medication that could lead to physical or psychological dependence, when a physician determines that medical use of marijuana could be effective in treating that condition and would serve as a safer alternative to the prescription medication;
(i) Any terminal illness; or
(j) In the professional judgement of a physician, any other chronic, debilitating, or other medical condition, including, but not limited to, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease, Huntingtons’s disease, autism, neuropathies, sickle cell anemia, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, cachexia, and wasting syndrome.
(16) ‘Qualifying Patient’ means a Missouri resident diagnosed with at least one qualifying medical condition.“
Related conditions not specifically mentioned in the Missouri Constitution:
Missouri Conditions – Index
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
Alzheimer’s disease
Autism
Cachexia
Cancer
Crohn’s disease
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
Hepatitis C
HIV or AIDS
Huntingtons’s disease
IBD (inflammatory bowel disease)
Migraines
Muscle spasms, persistent
MS (multiple sclerosis)
Neuropathies
Pain, severe and persistent
Parkinson’s disease
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
Seizures
Sickle cell anemia
Tourette’s syndrome
Wasting syndrome