the law
the state of the states
Politicians are not doctors and patients are not criminals - except where there is no medical freedom.
     - mamma
Whole Plant
medical marijuana is legal
​(23 states and DC)
No Medical Marijuana
medical cannabis is not legal
​(12 states)
High CBD:Low THC
restricted ratios, limited qualifying conditions, no in state cultivation  ​(15 states)
Even in the states that have whole plant laws, only Delaware has autism as a qualifying condition in it's own right.  However, 4 other states are "autism friendly".   In the 19 other legal states, your child must have a co-morbid qualifying condition, in order to get access to medical cannabis.
Here are some examples of co-morbid conditions that may be helpful in getting a red card (a medical cannabis patient's card)  for your child with autism:
  • seizures (1/3 of autistics have epilepsy)
  • bowel disorders (chrohn's, IBS, wasting syndrome, colitis are some of the gut related qualifying conditions allowed in various states)
  • severe pain
  • mitochondirial disorder (Georgia is the only state with this as a qualifying condition)
However, even in Colorado, some counties are trying to take away patients rights such as a severe pain diagnosis and limit established home grow laws.  Until people accept cannabis as safe medicine, it's a never ending battle.
There are only 12 states left in the United States that make absolutely no allowances for medical marijuana.  People in these states who need medical cannabis for autism are forced to move their families to a legal state, transport cannabis across state lines,, or buy their medicine from the black market.  All prohibitively difficult or federally illegal.
​What’s criminal, is withholding this God-given plant from children who are sick, suffering and dying.
Patients with autism, who need THC or don't have epilepsy, will not find relief in these states.  Just like in states that have no medical laws, patients will be forced to go outside the law to obtain their medicine or to become medical refugees.  What's worse is that many of these states' laws are written in such a way as to deprive even eligible patients from obtaining their medicine legally.