Status
Operational
Law Signed:
2020
QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
- Alzheimer’s disease (agitation related to)
- Any terminal illness
- Autism
- Cancer
- Crohn’s disease
- Chronic pain/neuropathy
- Epilepsy
- Glaucoma
- Hepatitis C
- HIV/AIDS or cachexia or wasting syndrome
- Huntington’s disease
- IBS
- Intractable migraines
- Lou Gehrig’s disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Opioid substitution
- Parkinson’s disease
- PTSD or other “debilitating psychiatric disorders”
- Tourette syndrome
- Sickle cell anemia
- Seizures
- Any “other chronic, debilitating or other medical condition” that may be alleviated by marijuana “in the professional judgement of a physician”
PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS
Up to six ounces may be purchased per 30 days.
HOME CULTIVATION
Yes, up to six flowering plants. Qualifying patients must obtain an identification card from the Department of Health. Cultivation must take place in a “closed, locked facility.”
STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES
Yes
STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES OPERATIONAL
Yes
CAREGIVERS
Yes, primary caregiver must be 21 years of age and must be registered with the Department of Health. No caregiver can serve more than three patients.
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF REGISTERED PATIENTS
- 197,929
- Source: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, as of February 2023
EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS
- No