Cannabis Regulation

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Urgent: Product Recall Notification

Round 2 Microbusiness Licenses Awarded

The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) issued fifty-seven marijuana microbusiness licenses to top applicants drawn in the June 4, 2024 lottery, completing the second of three rounds for awarding microbusiness licenses as required in Section 2 of Article XIV. A minimum of six microbusiness licenses were awarded within each of the eight Missouri congressional districts, with each district receiving two microbusiness dispensary licenses, and four microbusiness wholesale facility licenses. An additional nine licenses have been made available in this second round of applications due to the revocation of licenses from round one for rule violations. The additional licenses were issued across the six congressional districts where the licenses were revoked.

Prior to issuing the licenses, the Department conducted a review of the top-drawn applications to determine whether applicants were eligible to receive a microbusiness license. If a top-drawn applicant did not meet application requirements, the next application in line from the drawing was reviewed.

• Microbusiness Approved/Denied List
• Microbusiness Applicant Entity List
• Microbusiness Wholesale Lottery Results
• Microbusiness Dispensary Lottery Results

Announcements

• NEWMicrobusiness Application Round 2 Refund Request Form
• On August 1, 2024, Governor Parson issued Executive Order 24-10 regarding unregulated psychoactive cannabis products. Beginning September 1, 2024, DHSS is instructed to designate foods containing psychoactive cannabis products as foods that come from an unapproved food source or as foods that contain an unapproved food additive. Cannabis products under the control and purview of the Division of Cannabis Regulation are excepted from this directive. For additional information, including answers to FAQs, please visit health.mo.gov/report. Business owners or individuals who have questions about a particular cannabis product can contact the DHSS Toll-Free Access Line: 866-219-0165 (9:00 am – 4:00 pm CST Monday – Friday) or reach out to Cannabisinfo@health.mo.gov.
• NEWS RELEASE: Second Round of Marijuana Microbusiness Licenses Awarded
• NEWS RELEASE: Second round of cannabis microbusiness applicants selected by random lottery drawing
• The Cannabis Connection Newsletter – January 2024
• Agent ID Card Verification: Agent ID cards may be verified by scanning the QR code on the back of the card or by using the verification website mo-verify.mycomplia.com. More information on agent ID card verification is available here.
  
• NEWConsumer, Qualified Patient, and Caregiver Authorized Cultivation Cardholders Prohibited from Selling Marijuana Products
• Variance – Microbusiness Fingerprint Submission Timeframe (4/4/24)
• NEWS RELEASE: Missouri cannabis regulators provide guidance, cautions to future microbusiness applicants
• Licensed patients, caregivers, and consumer cultivators are required to present both sides of their identification cards, downloaded from the license dashboard in the online registry, when making purchases at dispensaries. Department rules now require licensed dispensaries to scan the barcode located on the back of the Department-issued identification cards at time of sale to record patient, primary caregiver, and consumer cultivator purchases; therefore, individuals presenting only the front side of an identification card may not be allowed to make purchases. In addition, identification cards saved to a mobile device should be a PDF file and downloaded directly from the license dashboard. Nested images, those that have been saved from other saved files rather than directly downloaded, and .jpeg versions of the original file not be readable by card scanning devices. Current licensees can download their license at any time from the license dashboard within their account. For further instructions for downloading an approved license, tutorial steps are available here.
• The Licensee Common Relationships webpage is now available.
• The first day of consumer cannabis sales was February 3, 2023. Total sales for this opening weekend (February 3 - February 5, 2023) were consumer sales, $8,500,900.61, and medical marijuana sales, $4,189,064.46, for a combined total of $12,689,965.07. Important note: These numbers are not final. The final numbers may shift due to system reconciliations, such as data processing time, reporting corrections, returns and refunds. Moving forward, consumer sales data will be made available on a monthly basis, just as medical marijuana sales data has been reported. This data will be available here.
• The Department has approved requests to convert medical facility licenses to comprehensive facility licenses. Information regarding which licensees are now comprehensive licensees and whether they are approved to operate can be found here. NEW Beginning February, 3, the department is accepting applications for personal consumer cultivation from individuals at least 21 years old for authorization to cultivate marijuana plants for their personal use. Click here for information to apply and for additional information about consumer personal cultivation.
• NEWEmergency and Proposed rules were filed on January 20, 2023.
• NEWAdult Use Implementation Timeline available.
• NEW Beginning December 8, 2022, applicants or licensees may advise the Department, of any records previously submitted that contain proprietary business confidential information.
• Instructions on how to apply for a conversion request are now available.
• Beginning December 8, 2022, existing licensed medical facilities may begin submitting requests to convert to a comprehensive facility license.
• With the passage of Amendment 3, the Department will quickly make adjustments to the existing medical marijuana program while implementing a new adult consumer program. The Department has planned for these changes. As was the case in implementing the medical marijuana program, the Department will accept and carefully consider public input on how the new law should be implemented in Missouri. For more information on the new adult consumer program, visit the Adult Use FAQs page. -->
• Pursuant to 19 CSR 100-1.050(4)(C)4, the department is not currently accepting physician certifications from Dr. Zinia Thomas.