Status
Operational
Law Signed:
2012
QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Cachexia
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic neuropathic pain associated with degenerative spinal disorders
- Chronic pain of at least 6 months duration associated with a specified underlying chronic condition refractory to other treatment intervention
- Chronic pancreatitis (subject to approval by the legislature’s Regulations Review Committee)
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Crohn’s disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Epilepsy
- Glaucoma
- Hydrocephalus with intractable headache
- HIV or AIDS
- Huntington’s disease and/or related movement disorders
- Interstitial cystitis
- Intractable headache syndromes
- Intractable neuropathic pain that is unresponsive to standard medical treatments
- Intractable spasticity
- Irreversible Spinal Cord Injury with Objective Neurological Indication of Intractable Spasticity
- Medial arcuate ligament syndrome, or MALS syndrome
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Neuropathic facial pain
- Osteogenesis imperfecta
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Post herpetic neuralgia
- Post-surgical back pain with a condition called chronic radiculopathy
- Post laminectomy syndrome
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
- Severe rheumatoid arthritis
- Sickle cell disease
- Spasticity
- Spasticity or Neuropathic Pain Associated with Fibromyalgia
- Terminal Illness Requiring End-Of-Life Care
- Tourette syndrome
- Ulcerative colitis
- Uncontrolled Intractable Seizure Disorder
- Vulvodynia and vulvar burning
- Wasting syndrome
- Other medical conditions may be approved by the Department of Consumer Protection
PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS
One-month supply (defined as up to 5 oz of cannabis flower per month)
HOME CULTIVATION
Yes. Registered patients age 18 or older may home cultivate up to six plants. No household can grow more than 12 plants.
STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES
Yes
STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES OPERATIONAL
Yes
CAREGIVERS
Yes, a qualifying patient shall have not more than one primary caregiver at any time.
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF REGISTERED PATIENTS
- 48,267
- Source: Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, as of February 28, 2023
EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS
- Yes
- Details
RECIPROCITY
No
CONTACT INFORMATION
Additional information for Connecticut patients and physicians regarding Public Act 12-55, An Act Concerning the Palliative Use of Marijuana is available online from the state Department of Consumer Protection.