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

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    DC Mayor Fenty, Dr. Vigilance and the DC Department of Health, DC City Councilmembers Vincent C. Gray-Chair, David Catania-AT, Phil Mendelson-AT, Michael A. Brown-AT, Kwame R. Brown-AT, Jim Graham-W1, Jack Evans-W2, Mary M. Cheh-W3, Muriel Bowser-W4, Harr
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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:

97 Signatures

  • Justin Bell
    • Comments
    • I attended Johns Hopkins Headaches Institute for close to a decade for the treatment of my migraine headaches. Cannabis treats the nausea and light sensitivity allowing for over the counter medications to treat my migraines without the debilitating and often ineffective use of powerful prescription medication.
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • Migraine Headaches should be protected!
  • lucy olenick
    • Comments
    • Im manic bi polar n wedd helps me to stay level head...
  • Brian Murphy
    • Address (not required)
    • 120 Hana Hwy. 9-125
    • Comments
    • What about free market?
  • Samuel Croft
    • Address (not required)
    • 124 1/2 5th St NE
    • Ward
    • Ward 6
    • Comments
    • I suffer from several of these problems
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • Pain of Pariferial Neuorpothy
  • Keith Williams
    • Ward
    • 4
  • Victoria Jones
    • Address (not required)
    • Georgetown
    • Ward
    • 2
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • Depression, Anxiety,
  • Holly Plotts
    • Address (not required)
    • 4112 Gladden Avenue
  • Charles Kovaleski
  • Linda Plotts
  • diane Doiron
    • Address (not required)
    • 8139 Laurel Court
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • Degenerative Disc Disease, Autism
  • Charles Reber
  • Tom Jones
    • Address (not required)
    • Q ST, NW
    • Ward
    • 2
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • pain from paget's disease, human papilloma virus, sports injuries resulting in chronic pain
  • sarah marshall
    • Address (not required)
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    • Ward
    • 2
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    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
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  • Michael Bassett
    • Comments
    • I am a disabled Veteran and want a pill substitute.
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • I have PTSD, GERD, Chronic Anxiety and Insomnia
  • Nicole McConnell
    • Comments
    • I have many of the conditions on that list that have only been cured through use of marijuana. I am currently going in and out of court for possession of marijuana that I use to treat my symptoms. Medication has NOT been able to help me!!
  • Jonathan Osmundsen
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    • Ward
    • w
    • Comments
    • My only other option for chronic pain are pills which are 1) addictive and 2) create ancillary illness (like constipation and stomach problems). This truly helps--not to stop the pain, but to manage life with pain. Thank you.
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
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  • Jonathan Katz
    • Address (not required)
    • 8720 Georgia Avenue, No. 703, 20910
  • Marquis
    • Address (not required)
    • 919 blakney ln se
    • Ward
    • 8
    • Comments
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    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=147243868630207&ref=ts
  • Harlee Kramer
  • Anthony Bowles
    • Address (not required)
    • 1420 Clifton St NW Apt 107
    • Ward
    • 1
  • Von Rasta
    • Address (not required)
    • 1221 m. st nw 229
    • Ward
    • 2
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • chorn// cater
  • Zuhra Abbamin
  • tobia spinelli
  • Erin Jackson
    • Ward
    • 4
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • pes platus
  • Jennifer Eaton
  • james henderson
  • Morgan Fox
    • Address (not required)
    • 27 R St. NW
    • Ward
    • 5
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • Chronic Pain, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Troy Smit
  • Brooke Lynn Locke
  • Pamela Shadid
    • Ward
    • Ward 2
  • Mike Barnes
    • Ward
    • 5
  • Michelle James
  • Dain Roose-Snyder
    • Ward
    • 4
  • Ezequiel Hernandez
  • Jan Gaetjens
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • arthritis, chronic joint pain, depression
  • Anastacia Cosner
    • Address (not required)
    • 451 Lamont St. NW
    • Ward
    • 1
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • nausea, digestive conditions, anxiety, chronic pain
  • Fabian H Rios Rubino
    • Address (not required)
    • 2144 California St NW #903, Washington DC 20008
  • Sanho Tree
    • Address (not required)
    • 1801 16th St., NW, #505
    • Ward
    • 2
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • Gout
  • Evin Yarbrough
  • Jesse Plotts
  • Mark Murdock
  • jacob english
  • ian morgenstein
    • Address (not required)
    • В
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    • В
    • Comments
    • В
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • В
  • ciara solomon
  • Tammy Tillman
    • Address (not required)
    • 514 Ridge Road SE #109
    • Ward
    • 7
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
    • any medical condition associated with chronic pain and eatin disorder
  • casey watson
  • Rosina T Memolo
    • Address (not required)
    • 219 10th ST SE
    • Ward
    • 6
  • ivent w, coleman
    • Address (not required)
    • 118 darrington st. sw.
    • Ward
    • 8
    • Additional Medical Conditions that should be protected
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  • casey rowan
    • Address (not required)
    • 904 N Hilltop Rd
  • Stephanie Shapiro
    • Comments
    • I can live my life right, when I'm not in pain.