On September 8, 2016, House Bill 523 legalized medical marijuana in Ohio. The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program (OMMCP) oversees the program with contributions from the Ohio Department of Commerce, State of Ohio Medical Board, and the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy.
The law provides for several conditions that can legally be treated with medical cannabis, and provisions for new qualifying conditions to be added in the future. As of December 15, 2018, the current list of conditions that qualify for medical marijuana in Ohio include:
AIDS/HIV- ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Cancer
- Cachexia
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
- Epilepsy (or other seizure disorder)
- Fibromyalgia
- Glaucoma
- Hepatitis C
- Huntington’s disease
- IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Pain-Chronic, severe, or intractable
- Parkinson’s disease
- PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- Spasticity
- Sickle cell anemia, disease
- Spinal cord disease or injury
- Terminal illness
- Tourette syndrome
- Traumatic brain injury
- Ulcerative Colitis
