How to get a medical marijuana card in Vermont

MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGISTRY

Yes

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

• Any patient receiving hospice care
• Cachexia or wasting syndrome
• Cancer
• Crohn's disease (effective July 1, 2017)
• Glaucoma
• HIV or AIDS
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson's disease (effective July 1, 2017)
• PTSD (effective July 1, 2017)
• Seizures
• Severe or chronic pain
• Severe nausea

PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS

Two ounces of usable marijuana

HOME CULTIVATION

Yes, no more than nine marijuana plants, of which no more than two may be mature.

STATE LICENSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES

Yes, no more than five. A sixth dispensary may be added if/when the program includes more than 7,000 patients. Dispensaries may lawfully engage in home delivery.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATUTES

• Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, §§ 4471- 4474d
  (2003)
• Vt. Stat. Ann. Tit. 18, §4472(6);
  4474(1),(2)(c)(2003)

CAREGIVERS

Yes, registered caregiver is a person who has agreed to undertake responsibility for managing the well-being of a registered patient with respect to the use of marijuana for symptom relief. The registered caregiver can never have been convicted of a drug-related crime. The caregiver must be 21 years of age or older. Patients may only have one registered caregiver at a time. Registered caregiver may serve only one registered patient at a time.

RECIPROCITY

No