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2023 Missouri Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis Report Published

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The 2023 Missouri Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Report has been published. This report is the first to combine information on both medical and adult use cannabis functions authorized by Article XIV. In Program Year 2023, the Division of Cannabis Regulation was established to implement adult-use cannabis under Missouri’s new constitutional provisions. The year saw significant and unprecedented efforts to ensure compliance, public health and safety, and financial opportunity for veterans, grant programs and Missouri communities. Click here to read the full report.

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 timeline

Announcements

  • NEW Following the FBI's approval of the department’s statutory authority to review state and federal criminal background records, DCR will begin requiring fingerprint submissions for active agent ID cardholders subject to the analysis for disqualifying offenses who were not required to submit fingerprints at time of application. Specifically, this includes individuals with agent ID cards approved between December 8, 2022 – December 1, 2024. This requirement will resume in February 2025. For additional information click here. In April and May, DCR will send fingerprint submission requests to agent ID card holders approved February 1 – April 30, 2023.
  • NEW The Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) is resuming the fingerprint submission requirements for individuals with ownership in a licensed facility who are subject to analysis for disqualifying felony offenses. This requirement will resume beginning January 15, 2025. For additional information click here.
  • NEW Revised Business Change Application Instructions and Checklists are now available.
  • NEW Beginning December 12, 2024, for business update applications, licensees must remit payment through the registry system at time of application submission.
  • NEW Chief Equity Officer Activity Report 2024 Published
  • Notice: Following the FBI’s approval of the department’s statutory authority to review state and federal criminal background records, DCR is resuming fingerprint submission requirements for individuals subject to the analysis of a disqualifying felony offense. This requirement will resume for new and renewing Agent ID applicants beginning December 2, 2024. For additional information click here.
    Additional information regarding fingerprint submissions for owner applicants, current owners, and active agent ID cardholders will be posted separately. Please check back periodically for updates.
  • NEW 2023 Missouri Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis Report Published
  • NEW Microbusiness Application Round 2 Refund Request Form
  • 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.
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  • NEW Consumer, 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.
  • 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.
  • Pursuant to 19 CSR 100-1.050(4)(C)4, the department is not currently accepting physician certifications from Dr. Zinia Thomas.