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
- 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
* Approved by Ohio State Medical Board in 2021
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
- 338,049
- Source: Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, as of February 21, 2023
EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS
- No
RECIPROCITY
Not specified