Currently, Iowa has limited accepted medical conditions for which medical cannabis is a legal treatment.  Unfortunately, there is no discretion allowed to medical providers currently.  Even if a provider believes cannabis will effectively and safety treat a condition, it cannot be legally used unless the condition is on the list of qualifying conditions.

The current qualifying conditions for the medical cannabis program are as follows: 

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• Chronic pain

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Cancer – if the illness or its treatment produces one or more of the following: severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting, cachexia or severe wasting.

• Seizures

• Crohn’s disease  

• Multiple Sclerosis with severe and persistent muscle spasms

• AIDS or HIV (as defined in Iowa Code, section 141A.1)

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

• Parkinson’s disease

• Any terminal illness with a probable life expectancy of under one year – if the illness or its treatment produces one or more of the following: severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting, cachexia or severe wasting

• Ulcerative colitis 

• Severe, intractable pediatric autism with self-injurious or aggressive behaviors

• Severe, intractable autism with self-injurious or aggressive behaviors

• Corticobasal Degeneration