Apply For Your Connecticut Medical Marijuana Card

The Connecticut state law lists an extensive number of conditions that qualify for medical cannabis use:

• Cachexia/Wasting Syndrome
• Cancer
• Crohn’s Disease
• Damage to nervous tissue of the spinal cord with neurological indication of intractable spasticity
• Epilepsy
• Glaucoma
• HIV/AIDS
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Arthritis
• Cerebral palsy
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Cystic fibrosis
• Irreversible spinal cord injury with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity
• Post-laminectomy syndrome with chronic radiculopathy
• Severe psoriasis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Sickle cell disease
• Terminal illness requiring end-of-life care, and uncontrolled intractable seizure disorder spasticity or neuropathic pain associated with fibromyalgia
• Ulcerative colitis
• Chronic neuropathic pain associated with degenerative spinal disorders
• Hydrocephalus with intractable headache
• Intractable headache syndromes
• Neuropathic facial pain, muscular dystrophy
• Osteogenesis imperfect
• Post-herpetic neuralgia
• Severe rheumatoid arthritis
• Interstitial cystitis
• Intractable neuropathic pain that is unresponsive to standard medical treatments
• MALS syndrome
• Tourette syndrome
• Vulvar burning
• Vulvodynia
• Chronic pain of at least 6 months duration associated with a specified underlying chronic condition refractory to other treatment intervention
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome associated with chronic pain
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Chronic Pancreatitis
• Movement disorders associated with Huntington Disease

After you’re approved, your Veriheal physician will initiate the online registration by submitting a valid patient certificate. Afterwards, you will have access to the online system where you are required to complete the patient’s application section. Before submitting, make sure you create a copy of your request for your records.

Along with a noted qualifying medical condition, every patient who applies for a medical marijuana certificate must be a Connecticut resident and be 18 years of age. Additionally, the qualifying patient cannot be an inmate in a facility under the supervision of the Connecticut Department of Corrections.

The state application for a Connecticut medical marijuana card is free. The $199 fee from Veriheal includes your consultation fee, physician co-pay, and the medical evaluation for your medical marijuana recommendation.

Connecticut requires caregivers to have a valid e-mail address, a primary telephone number, and a Connecticut driver’s license or state identification card. Additionally, the caregiver must be at least 18-years-old, agree to assist the qualifying medical marijuana patient concerning the palliative use of cannabis, cannot have been convicted of a felony, and cannot be a certified physician.

Connecticut only allows a caregiver to assist one patient at a time. The state specifies that “the only exception is having a parental, guardianship, conservatorship or sibling relationship with each qualifying patient for whom you are registering to be the primary caregiver.”

Connecticut MMJ patients may purchase and possess up to 2.5 oz of cannabis over a rolling 30-day period.

Medical marijuana patients 18 years and older and adults 21 years of age and older are able to grow up to 3 mature and 3 immature plants in their home, with a cap of 12 total plants per household. Plants must be grown indoors and must not be visible from the street.

To renew your Connecticut medical marijuana card through Veriheal, you’ll need to schedule a renewal appointment with one of our physicians. They can confirm that you still need medical cannabis for your qualifying condition and help you with the renewal process. We will remind you when it’s almost time for your renewal appointment, or you can reach out to our Customer Service Department so we can assist you and apply a renewal discount for you.

A medical marijuana card in Connecticut is valid for one year.