Get Your Medical Marijuana Card
in New York

In July of 2014 Gov. Cuomo signed the Compassionate Care Act (S7923), which created legal protections for patients and caregivers and authorized the state to license and regulate registered organizations to cultivate and sell medical cannabis to patients. Patients must obtain a registration identification card after getting written certification from their physician.

In order to certify patients for use of medical marijuana, physicians are required to take education courses, have medical expertise in the qualifying condition for which they wish to recommend cannabis, and provide continuous care of the patient in order for the patient to maintain legal protection. Physicians must also state the dosage patients should use, which determines the 30-day supply of medicine that the patient may possess.

Qualifying Conditions

Patients must be certified by a health care practitioner and must have a severe debilitating or life-threatening illness for which cannabis is likely to have a therapeutic benefit. You are potentially eligible for medical marijuana if you have been diagnosed with one or more of the following severe debilitating or life threatening conditions:

• Cancer
• HIV infection or AIDS
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Parkinson’s disease
• Multiple sclerosis
• Spinal cord injury with spasticity
• Epilepsy
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Neuropathy
• Huntington’s disease
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Chronic Pain
• Any condition for which an opioid could be prescribed (provided that the precise underlying condition is expressly stated on the patient’s certification).

The severe debilitating or life threatening condition must also be accompanied by one or more of the following associated or complicating conditions:

• Cachexia or wasting syndrome
• Severe or chronic pain
• Severe nausea
• Seizures
  Severe or persistent muscle spasms
• PTSD or opioid use disorder

Becoming a Medical Cannabis Patient in NY

To become a medical marijuana patient in New York, it’s a three-step process. First, you book an appointment with a Veriheal doctor who will review your ailments and medical condition. Second, once you are evaluated and approved, you will receive a medical cannabis recommendation from our licensed NY doctor and be registered with the NY DOH. The third and final step is once you receive your medical cannabis recommendation, you can request your NY medical marijuana card online from New York. It will arrive in a week and you can then begin to purchase medical marijuana in NY.

New York is one of the largest U.S. states on the East Coast in terms of actual area as well as the number of residents who reside in New York. NY is in the northeastern region of the United States and its capital is Albany.

While New York is home to many medical marijuana products and mmj dispensaries, there are also many tourist attractions in New York. Many tourists like to visit Times Square and Central Park. New York is the home of the Statue of Liberty, a key symbol of the Unites States’ beliefs in freedom, equality, democracy, and opportunity.