Ohio Medical Marijuana Law

Status

Operational

Law Signed:

2016

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

  • Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
  • Arthritis
  • Cachexia
  • Cancer
  • Chronic migraines
  • Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
  • Complex regional pain syndrome
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorders
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Pain that is either of the following nature: (i) Chronic and severe; or (ii) Intractable
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Positive status for HIV
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Spasticity
  • Spinal cord disease or injury
  • Terminal illness
  • Tourette’s syndrome
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Ulcerative colitis

PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS

90-day supply. Cannabis-specific products may be dispensed as oils, tinctures, edibles, patches, or as herbal material

HOME CULTIVATION

No, but provisions in the law provide limited legal protections for qualifying patients who acquire cannabis from out-of-state sources prior to the operation of state-licensed dispensaries.

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES

Yes

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES OPERATIONAL

Yes

CAREGIVERS

No

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF REGISTERED PATIENTS

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS

  • No

RECIPROCITY

Not specified