(WKYT) – For today’s Good Question, John asks: What medical conditions qualify for a medical card for cannabis?
Under state law, there are six conditions that qualify for medical cannabis.
However, Governor Andy Beshear and some lawmakers think that number should be expanded.
The current qualifications to become a medical cardholder in Kentucky include being a resident, not being convicted of a disqualifying felony offense, and getting a written certification from an authorized medical cannabis practitioner.
You also have to have cancer, chronic pain, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, chronic nausea or PTSD.
However, both the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Workgroup and the Board of Physicians and Advisors, created by Senate Bill 47, have advised the number of conditions should be expanded.
When Governor Beshear issued an executive order on medical marijuana, he included 21 different conditions.
A bill sponsored by Senators David Yates, D-Louisville, and Stephen West, R-Paris, would have added 14 additional qualifying medical. Those included ALS, Parkinsons disease, arthritis, glaucoma and terminal illnesses.
That bill never made it out of committee.
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