Expand the list of Qualifying Medical Conditions Protected under the DC Medical Marijuana Law

Thank you for your hard work, dedication, and continued support enacting the DC Medical Marijuana Law.

We ask that you expand the list of qualifying medical conditions protected under the DC Medical Marijuana Law.

Currently the DC Medical Marijuana Law only protects 5 medical conditions: HIV, AIDS, CANCER, GLAUCOMA, MS AND OTHER MUSCLE DISORDERS.

There are hundreds of medical conditions that have been proven to benefit from Medical Marijuana.

Legitimate medical conditions will not be protected under the current law.

The law should allow Doctors their legal right to recommend Medical Marijuana to patients for the treatment of legitimate medical condition.

Through rule-making, the list of qualifying conditions should be expanded to protect rare and other medical conditions that are documented to benefit from the therapeutic use of medical marijuana.

Medical Marijuana is currently used to treat and/or relieve the symptoms of hundreds of medical conditions, not limited to, but including:
Alzheimer's disease
Alcoholism and Other Addictions (marijuana is often used as a substitute drug, such as Methadone is a substitute for opiate addiction)
Attention Deficit Disorder (adult and pediatric)
Allergies
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Anxiety
Antimicrobial Agent (applied topically to fight hard-to-fight infections)
Antitumoral Effects
Asthma
Chronic Pain (confirmed by Institute of Medicine)
Crohn's Disease
Depression
Diabetes mellitu
Diabetic Gastroparesis (assists other medications)
Diarrhea
Dystonia (involuntary muscle contractions spasms)
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Epilepsy (widely used to control seizures with minimal side effects)
Fibromyalgia
Gliomas
Hepatitis C
Huntington's Chorea
Hypertension
Incontinence
Insomnia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Labor Pains
Lupus
Mania
Manic-Depressive Disorder
Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA)
Morning sickness (extreme nausea: hyperemesis gravidarum)
Menstrual Cramps
Migraine headache
Motion Sickness (for side effects)
Nail Patella Syndrome
Nausea
Paraplegia and Quadriplegia
Parkinson's Disease (for relief of tremors)
Phantom Limb Pain
Poisoning (for side effects)
Post-operative Recovery (for side effects)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Pregnancy (for side effects)
Premenstrual Syndrome
Pruritus (severe itching and inflamed skin)
Pseudotumor Cerebri (high pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid resulting in headaches, nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbances- symptoms resembling a brain tumor)
Osteoporosis
Radiation Treatment (for side effects)
Rheumatic Diseases- Osteoarthritis- reduces pain, inflammation and swelling
Rheumatoid arthritis
Ankylosing Spondylitis (cartilage replaced by bone leading to the fusing of joints - cannabis relieves pain)
Sleep apnea
Spasticity
Spinal Cord Injury
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Terminal Illness (can ease the fear, depression, or anxiety)
Tinnitus (To reduce use of other medications)
Topical Anesthetic Effects (pain relief)
Tourette's Syndrome
Tremor
Ulcerative Colitis
Vomiting
Weight Loss (stimulates appetite)

Thank you again for your continued hard work and support.

I herby support Safe Access DC's petition to expand the list of qualifying medical conditions: