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Medical Marijuana Services

Dr. Simpson is certified with the state of Pennsylvania medical marijuana program. Medical marijuana has been demonstrated effective in treating a wide variety of conditions. Unfortunately, research on marijuana for medical purposes has lagged behind other medications because the federal government has designated it a class 1 narcotic, thus prohibiting most research. This has started to change as the majority of US states have now established medical marijuana programs. Pennsylvania currently allows medical marijuana certification for the following conditions:

 

  • Anxiety disorder

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  • Autism

  • Cancer

  • Crohn’s disease

  • Dyskinetic (movement) disorder

  • Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with intractable spasticity

  • Epilepsy

  • Glaucoma

  • HIV 

  • Huntingdon’s disease 

  • Inflammatory bowel disease 

  • Intractable seizures 

  • Multiple sclerosis 

  • Neurodegenerative disorder

  • Neuropathy

  • Opioid dependence

  • Parkinson’s disease 

  • PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder)

  • Chronic pain 

  • Sickle cell disease 

  • Terminal illness 

  • Tourette’s disorder

Dr. Simpson can certify you as a medical marijuana patient if it is agreed that this treatment would be medically beneficial and there is no contraindication.

The recently recognized outbreak of vaping-related lung damage and deaths is of serious concern. Dr. Simpson strongly recommends avoiding marijuana vape products. If medical marijuana vape products must be used, they should be obtained only from a certified marijuana dispensary, as custom made or “bootleg” vape products have been implicated as the cause in some deaths. 

 

The fee for the PRMC medical marijuana Program is:

$200 (1 year certification)

Medical marijuana is not covered by health insurance.