How To Get A Medical Marijuana Card In Pennsylvania

By: Robert Potter

Here are step-by-step instructions on how to get a medical marijuana card in Pennsylvania.

With marijuana being legalized in various forms across the country and requirements varying by state, it’s important to research and keep track of all the documents and forms you may need in order to successfully acquire a medical marijuana ID card.

How to get a medical marijuana card in Pennsylvania

What You’ll Need:

Proof of residency in Pennsylvania (This can be from either a driver’s license or other state issued ID)
A certificate from an approved practitioner following an in-person exam
Payment for $50 processing fee

Step-By-Step Process:

Step One: Register for the Medical Marijuana Program and set up a profile in the Patient and Caregiver Registry.

Step Two: Complete an in-person examination with a registered physician in order to confirm you suffer from one of the 21 qualifying medical conditions. Once approved, you will receive a certificate from that physician.

Step Three: Return to the Patient and Caregiver Registry and pay a $50 processing fee in order to receive your medical marijuana ID card.

Qualifying Conditions for getting a medical marijuana card:

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Anxiety disorders
Autism
Cancer, including remission therapy
Crohn’s disease
Damage to the nervous tissue of the central nervous system (brain-spinal cord) with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, and other associated neuropathies
Dyskinetic and spastic movement disorders
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
HIV / AIDS; Huntington’s disease
Inflammatory bowel disease
Intractable seizures
Multiple sclerosis
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neuropathies
Opioid use disorder for which conventional therapeutic interventions are contraindicated or
ineffective, or for which adjunctive therapy is indicated in combination with primary therapeutic interventions
Parkinson’s disease
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain
Sickle cell anemia
Terminal illness
Tourette syndrome