Medical marijuana applications will start being accepted by the state of Missouri this Friday.
In order to qualify, residents will need a doctor’s certification. You can fill out an application on the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services website.
It was last November that Missourians passed Amendment 2 to legalize medical marijuana in the state.
The Amendment will legalize growing, manufacturing, selling and consuming marijuana and marijuana products for medicinal use at the state level. It will also tax marijuana sales at 4 percent.
Patients are allowed to grow up to six marijuana plants; a caretaker could cultivate up to 18.
Conditions that are approved by the state for medical marijuana use are:
Cancer
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
Intractable migraines unresponsive to other treatment
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
Debilitating psychiatric disorders, including, but not limited to, post-traumatic stress order, if diagnosed by a state licensed psychiatrist
Human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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
A terminal illness
In the professional judgment 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, Huntington’s disease, autism, neuropathies, sickle cell anemia, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, cachexia, and wasting syndrome.
