In Iowa, the following conditions may qualify you for a medical marijuana certificate and card:
- AIDS/HIV
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease
- Cancer – if the illness or its treatment produces one or more of the following: severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting, cachexia or severe wasting.
- Chronic pain
- Corticobasal Degeneration
- Crohn’s disease
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with severe and persistent muscle spasms
- Parkinson’s Disease (PD)
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Seizures
- Severe, intractable autism with self-injurious or aggressive behaviors
- Ulcerative colitis
- Any terminal illness with a probable life expectancy of under one year – if the illness or its treatment produces one or more of the following: severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting, cachexia or severe wasting