LAST UPDATED MARCH 28, 2023
Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is responsible for issuing licenses to qualified patients and all facilities serving the medical cannabis space, including dispensaries. The DHSS awarded the first 192 dispensary licenses in January 2020. Missouri legalized adult-use or recreational cannabis in December 2022, and adult-use cannabis product sales began in February 2023. Recreational consumers are allowed to legally possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis. Read here about the reformed cannabis adult-use laws in Missouri.
To operate in compliance with DHSS regulations, dispensaries must use a certified seed-to-sale system to track inventory and report to the state. In January 2020, the first 6 seed-to-sale systems were approved to operate in Missouri. Cova Software is proud to be among the first to receive a seed-to-sale license.
As of now, the DHSS is not accepting applications for new dispensaries but only requests from the existing 195 dispensaries to convert their medical licenses into “comprehensive” (medical and adult-use) licenses. The official medical marijuana and dispensary rules are available in their entirety on the DHSS website. We have summarized the information here in Q & A form. This page is informational only and should not be considered legal advice.