Puerto Rico Medical Marijuana Law

Status

Operational

Law Signed:

2015

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • Anorexia
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Cancer
  • Cachexia
  • Chronic pain
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Depression
  • Epilepsy
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Glaucoma
  • Hepatitis C
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Incurable and advanced diseases that require palliative care
  • Insomnia
  • Migraines
  • Multiple Sclerosis or other conditions that cause persistent muscular spasms
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Peripheral neuropathy
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Severe nausea or persistent muscle spasms or as recommended by the Medical Advisory Body and expressed by the Board through an Administrative Determination

PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS

30 day supply but only non-smokable preparations allowed

HOME CULTIVATION

No

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES

Yes

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES OPERATIONAL

Yes

DELIVERY

  • Yes

CAREGIVERS

No

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF REGISTERED PATIENTS

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS

RECIPROCITY

Yes. Eligible patients may apply for a temporary medical cannabis card.