Missouri Patient FAQs

NuggMD Missouri connects prospective patients with state-licensed medical cannabis doctors so you can get your required medical evaluation fast, easy, and online from the comfort and privacy of your own home.

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Missouri residents 18 and older with a recommendation from their Missouri-licensed physician can register with the program. Missourians 18 and under must have a parent or guardian’s express, written consent. With the passing of Amendment 3, Missouri will grant medical marijuana privileges to the state’s parolees and probationers.

Missouri allows a practitioner to recommend cannabis for any chronic, debilitating, or other condition that the doctor feels would be appropriate for cannabis treatment in their professional judgement.

Missouri has a long, inclusive list of qualifying conditions for cannabis, but they also allow doctors to recommend the herb for “any other chronic, debilitating or other medical condition, or any chronic condition that normally requires prescriptions that could lead to dependence, if the doctor determines that marijuana could be safer and more effective.” This means that the decision to recommend cannabis is entirely up to your physician.

Getting a Missouri medical card offers patients a range of benefits not available to recreational consumers.

• Higher purchase limits: Medical cannabis patients can purchase six ounces at a time, as opposed to three for adult users.
• Employment protections: With limited exceptions, medical cannabis patients can't be fired for off-duty cannabis use.
• Parental rights protections: Family court participants can't be required to refrain from cannabis use as a condition of custody.
• Product availability guarantees: Businesses are required to provide details as to how they plan on keeping an available stock of cannabis for their medical consumers.
• Parolee and probationer protections: Parolees and probationers can't be prohibited from using their practitioner-recommended medical cannabis.
• Protect your medical rights: Medical cannabis patients can't be denied a transplant due to their medical cannabis use.

Yes. Proof of residency is no longer required to get a Missouri medical marijuana card.

No. The constitutional amendment that legalized cannabis in the state removed the requirement for patients to show their residence to qualify for a state MMJ ID.

The state doesn't provide a list of doctors who will see patients for medical marijuana evaluations. More doctors are willing to discuss cannabis use now that they are protected from prosecution for discussing cannabis, but it's hard to know for sure if they will be receptive. The doctors who work with NuggMD are knowledgeable about cannabis use and comfortable discussing its potential benefits with patients.

A nurse practitioner can, but not a dentist. Only a state-licensed osteopath, physician, or nurse practitioner can write a recommendation for marijuana.

It costs just $199 to get your 3-year MMJ evaluation with NuggMD Missouri

The application fee is $26.50 for a patient or caregiver. An additional patient cultivator card costs $53.00. This fee is in addition to the $26.50 fee.

Not yet. Medical marijuana is still federally illegal and insurance companies just won't cover it. Some exceptions are made for Epidiolex, which is federally approved and used for seizures.

Your physician will issue your certification within 24 to 48 hours, but Amendment 2 allows the state to take up to 30 days to process your application. The Department has been very fast with applications up to this point. Some applicants have received their new patient identification cards via email within 48 hours.

The state has up to 30 days to process your application. The Department has been very fast with applications up to this point. Some applicants have received their new patient identification cards via email within 48 hours. For others, it may take longer.

You'll receive your card via email as soon as you're approved. You can then print it out and keep it with you as your ID. Some patients get their cards in as little as 48 hours.

Of course! You can see any Missouri state-licensed licensed physician to obtain your medical marijuana renewal evaluation. NuggMD’s Missouri-state licensed doctors are standing by to see you today.

Yes. You need to get re-revaluated by your physician every three years and pay the state application fee, which is subject to small yearly increases. As of 2023, the fee is exactly $26.50. The cost of your evaluation depends on what your physician charges. At NuggND, a three-year Missouri medical marijuana evaluation costs just $199.

Unfortunately no. But Missouri's application fees are much less expensive than most states. For example, in Oklahoma it costs $100 to apply for state cannabis ID.

Missouri medical marijuana patients need to renew their certification every three years.

Yes. Missouri allows you to receive medical cannabis, even if you have a previous criminal record.

With NuggMD, you are ONLY charged for your evaluation if you are approved. We believe everyone deserves access to a qualified medical cannabis doctor, and the cost of an evaluation shouldn’t be a barrier.

You’ll only be charged if you’re approved for your medical marijuana certification. If not, your evaluation is free! If you sign up and pay for your evaluation, but then cancel before your evaluation, there is a small $10 fee for the payment processing. You can also change your mind after your evaluation if you wish and request a refund, but you must do so before your certification has been submitted to the state. Once you’ve been certified, a refund for services will no longer be available. Please send an email to support@nuggmd.com with the subject line “Refund Request” and a brief description of your issue. We want to make sure you’re 100% satisfied with your purchase being that you, the customer, are the most important thing to us! Once a refund has been initiated, please allow 3-5 business days for the funds to transfer back to the card you used for the transaction. A refund is no longer available more than 30 days after the date of your evaluation. If any issues arise, please feel free to reach back out for further assistance.

The state no longer mails out physical cards. If you lose your printed copy, simply log back into the system at https://mo-public.mycomplia.com/ and print out a new copy. If you weren't approved for your card, you'll receive a message in the system explaining why. If you have any questions about your card, you can call the department at 866-219-0165 (9:00 am – 4:00 pm CST Monday – Thursday) or email them at Cannabis Info@health.mo.gov. You can also reach out to our customer service team if you need help.

The state allows the sale of flower, edibles, concentrates, tinctures, vape cartridges, pills, and other product categories.

Learn more about Missouri's cannabis laws and regulations.

Yes. Missouri requires all retailers to charge a 4% tax on medical cannabis purchases, and a 6% tax on adult-use cannabis purchases. This tax is in addition to any other applicable taxes and fees.

You can purchase up to six ounces of dried marijuana in a 30-day period. For purposes of this measurement, one ounce of dried flower is equivalent to eight grams of concentrate or 800 milligrams of THC in an infused product. Thus, the total amount you can purchase in a 30-day period would be: six ounces of flower or 48 grams of concentrate or 4,800mg THC-infused products. If you need more cannabis than this, you'll need a recommendation from your nurse practitioner or physician specifying the higher amount needed, or you can purchase adult-use cannabis, but be mindful of possession limits.

A qualifying patient that doesn't cultivate can have up to a 60-day supply at home, which is equal to 12 ounces of flower or its equivalent. Therefore, the total amount you can possess at home at any time would be: 12 ounces of flower or 96 grams of concentrate or 9,600 mg THC-infused products. Patients who cultivate are allowed to possess up to a 90-day supply of flower or its equivalent, so long as the supply of medical marijuana cultivated by the qualifying patients remains under their control, and on the property. Therefore, if you cultivate, the total amount of cannabis you can possess at a home at any time would be: 18 ounces of flower or 144 grams of concentrate or 14,400 mg THC-infused products. If you need more cannabis than this, you'll need a recommendation from our nurse practitioner or physician specifying the higher amount needed and approval from the department for that amount.

Missouri patients can buy cannabis at any medical cannabis dispensary in the state. You can find an updated list of licensed dispensaries on the state's website.

Public consumption is prohibited in MO unless in an area specifically allowed by law.

Yes. Several cities, including Kansas City and St. Louis, now allow medical marijuana home delivery. Dispensaries are allowed to operate between 8 am and 10 pm.

You're allowed to possess up to six ounces at a time to transport your cannabis home from the dispensary. You are not allowed to smoke while driving. Neither are your passengers. Keep your cannabis in a closed container until you get it home, and never drive while under the influence.

Yes. You must pay the application fee to cultivate and follow the state's strict guidelines. See these guidelines below.

You can only cultivate marijuana if you get approval to do so. There is a $53 application fee for patients ($106 for adult-use). Your personal medical cultivation license will be valid for three years. Note that recreational personal cultivation cards are only valid for a year in comparison. If and when you are approved, you'll receive special paperwork that you need to keep with your plants. You'll need to stay within the limits because growing more than the limit will have severe legal consequences.

Amendment 2 provides specific protections for organ transplant patients. The law says "No patient shall be denied access to or priority for an organ transplant because they hold a Qualifying Patient identification card or use marijuana for medical use."

The answer to this question used to be yes, but the constitutional amendment that legalized cannabis also added employment protections for medical marijuana patients. Specifically, the law now says "(15) Unless a failure to do so would cause an employer to lose a monetary or licensing-related benefit under federal law, an employer may not discriminate against a person in hiring, termination or any term or condition of employment or otherwise penalize a person. If the discrimination is based upon either of the following: (a) The person's status as a qualifying patient or primary caregiver who has a valid identification card. including the person's legal use of a lawful marijuana product off the employer's premises during nonworking hours. unless the person was under the influence of medical marijuana on the premises of the place of employment or during the hours of employment; or (b) A positive drug test for marijuana components or metabolites of a person who has a valid qualifying patient identification card. unless the person used, possessed, or was under the influence of medical marijuana on the premises of the place of employment or during the hours of employment. Nothing in this subdivision shall apply to an employee in a position in which legal use of a lawful marijuana product affects in any manner of a person's ability to perform job-related employment responsibilities or the safety of other. or conflicts with a bona fide occupational qualification that is reasonably related to the person's employment."

This depends on the state to which you're traveling. Each state has different rules regarding medical marijuana reciprocity, and some don't allow it at all. Check with your destination state to learn more.

Yes. The constitutional amendment that legalized cannabis also requires the state to recognize out-of-state medical marijuana IDs issued by other states. Out-of-state patients with a government-issued MMJ ID card can now purchase medical marijuana in Missouri. Out-of-State patients who don't have a government-issued MMJ ID may apply to become patients in Missouri by seeing a Missouri MD, DO, or nurse practitioner and applying to the program.

A qualified patient must recertify once every three years. Note that any patients who were approved for their MMJ ID before Dec. 8, 2022 must recertify after one year. Their new certification will be valid for three years.

In Missouri, patients are allowed to designate caregivers to grow or purchase, transport and help administer their marijuana. The caregiver must have this Patient Authorization Form filled out by the patient they're going to care for. The caregiver will then complete their online application via the registry portal and pay the $26/50 application fee. If the caregiver is planning to cultivate for the patient, there's an additional $53 fee and a separate additional application.

Primary caregivers must be:

• - 21 or older
• -Responsible for managing the well-being of the patient
• -Designated by the qualified patient

A patient may designate up to two caregivers. Caregivers can care for up to six patients.

No. Only you or your caregiver can cultivate your cannabis (not both).