What disease do I need to qualify for a medical cannabis reccomendation?
A reccomendation for medical cannabis in California is provided by a physician or osteopath and is good for one year at a time.( for information on medical cannabis guidelines or rules in your area, please visit www.norml.org ) Hopefully, you won’t develope a disease or physical condition that will require medical intervention, but if you do, there is no specific diagnosis or title that will guarantee a reccomendation. Normally during your appointment with a cannabis medicine specialist, the physician reviews your medical records, including what other more conventional therapies you’ve already tried, conducts his or her own physical and or psychiatric examination, then gives you a reccomendation for medical cannabis IF he or she agrees that this is an appropriate therapy in your case. At that time, the Doctor can also help you determine the dose you need and advise on other delivery methods for for cannabis,i.e., ingesting it or appling it topically. Reccomendations can also be provide
