More people in Kentucky now qualify for medical marijuana after Gov. Andy Beshear’s latest executive order.

Beshear signed an executive order on Tuesday to clarify the qualifying conditions while announcing 15 more are being added to the list.

“The law is meant to provide a safe alternative form of pain relief for Kentuckians suffering, yet the law’s lack of clarity prevented too many people from receiving help. This step makes the law more clear,” Beshear said. “With the progress we’ve made to reduce overdose deaths and fight addiction, it’s important we continue to offer an alternative to dangerous and addictive opioids. This emergency regulation will help more Kentuckians reclaim their lives through safe, nonaddictive medical cannabis.”

Before Tuesday, there were only six conditions that qualified for medical marijuana: Cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic pain, and severe nausea.

Doctors said the previous language of the law left some patients unsure if they qualified or not.

“A lot of confusion stems for the fact that multiple conditions have the same symptoms. But yet some conditions are covered and some are not,” said Dr. Linda McClain.

Under the executive order Beshear signed, 15 new conditions have been added to the qualifying list:

• Terminal illness
• Sickle cell anemia
• ALS
• Parkinson’s disease
• HIV
• AIDS
• Huntington’s disease
• Muscular dystrophy
• Cachexia or wasting syndrome
• Crohn’s disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Neuropathies
• Severe arthritis
• Fibromyalgia
• Glaucoma

Since medical marijuana became legal in Kentucky, more than 23,700 residents have been approved for medical cannabis cards.

There are also 32 medical cannabis businesses in operation and more than 500 medical cannabis practitioners across the state.