The following have been approved as qualifying conditions under Illinois’ Medical Marijuana Law:
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Arnold Chiari malformation
- Cachexia/wasting syndrome
- Cancer
- Causalgia
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Complex regional pain syndrome type 2
- Crohn’s Disease
- Dystonia
- Fibromyalgia
- Fibrous dysplasia
- Glaucoma
- Hepatitis C
- HIV/AIDS
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydromyelia
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Lupus
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myoclonus
- Nail patella syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis
- Parkinson’s disease
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sjogren’s syndrome
- Spinal cord disease
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)
- Syringomyelia
- Tarlov cysts
- Tourette’s syndrome
- Traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome
The following qualifying conditions have been approved by the program’s advisory board but are awaiting regulatory approval:
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Chronic Post-Operative Pain
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Migraine
- Neuro-Behcet’s Autoimmune Disease
- Neuropathy, peripheral and diabetic
- Osteoarthritis
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome
By: Chicago Medical Marijuana Attorney Michael J. Petro