A video visit with a Missouri-licensed physician or nurse practitioner. If you're certified, we'll walk you through the state Patient ID card that comes next.
Everything you need to know before you book.
Book an AppointmentRoot 66's South Grand location sits directly in Tower Grove South itself — no need to cross into another neighborhood once you're certified.
South Grand and Gravois Road both cut through the area, so most of the neighborhood is a short drive from a licensed dispensary.
A Missouri-licensed practitioner meets with you by telehealth — a genuine medical visit, not a form to fill out.
Your certification goes to Missouri's Complia portal. From there, you have 30 days to complete your own card application.
Once DHSS approves it, your digital Patient ID card is good for 3 years — and it's what the dispensary will actually ask to see.
I appreciated that they explained the card application clearly instead of making it sound like certification alone was the finish line.
Fast, professional, and the practitioner actually listened. Would recommend to anyone nearby.
Based on official DHSS program rules.
Not quite yet. The certification is your ticket to apply for the state Patient ID card — and it's the card, once issued, that a dispensary checks before selling to you.
Missouri names several specific ones — cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD among them — and lets a certifying practitioner add any other chronic or debilitating condition using their own judgment.
Generally no. As long as the evaluation is a real medical encounter and not just a form, a video or audio telehealth visit with a licensed practitioner typically satisfies Missouri's requirement.
$28.14 as of the current DHSS fee schedule, which adjusts annually. Your telehealth provider's evaluation fee is billed separately from that.
Every three years. That's a notably longer cycle than most states require.
Not anymore. Missouri removed its residency requirement, so where you officially live doesn't affect your eligibility to apply.
MDs, DOs, and nurse practitioners licensed in Missouri. Physician assistants are not included among Missouri's authorized certifiers.
Yes, 6 ounces per month by default, though a practitioner can note a higher amount directly on your certification if clinically appropriate.
Not medical advice — just common ground for the conversation with your practitioner.
Missouri's list covers chronic conditions involving severe, persistent pain, similar to what's associated with multiple sclerosis. Your practitioner reviews your specific history to decide if it fits.
Missouri's rule is specific here: the diagnosis has to come from a state-licensed psychiatrist to count under the named list. Worth bringing any documentation you have to your visit.
Missouri's psychiatric-disorder category isn't limited to PTSD specifically. Whether a given diagnosis clears the bar comes down to your practitioner's clinical judgment during the visit.
It's not one of Missouri's named conditions, but it's a frequent topic in these conversations and can sometimes be addressed under a practitioner's broader discretion. Mention it directly at your visit.
That doesn't automatically rule you out. Missouri lets practitioners certify other chronic or debilitating conditions beyond the named list — ALS, Crohn's disease, and hepatitis C have all qualified this way in practice. It's an individual clinical decision, not a second published list.
The neighborhood was originally called Oak Hill, after the Russell family estate built on land once known as Prairie des Noyers. The Russells later discovered coal on the property — a detail most residents today have never heard.
Tower Grove Heights, on the National Register of Historic Places, sits just south of Tower Grove Park within the neighborhood — brick homes on stately blocks that trace back to a real estate boom over a century ago.
Gravois Road, which cuts through the neighborhood's southeast corner, has a surprisingly deep history — a trail to a salt spring in 1804, later a ferry road, and in 1914, the first road in Missouri ever paved with concrete.
South Grand anchors the eastern edge with a well-known cluster of ethnic restaurants, while Morganford Road on the west side has seen its own wave of reinvestment since 2000 — new restaurants, bars, and a neighborhood grocery focused on local food.
This site is centered on Tower Grove South, but Missouri's certification process is the same everywhere in the state — and since residency isn't required at all, it doesn't even matter if you live here.
Tower Grove South was originally Oak Hill, the Russell family's country estate on former agricultural common fields, before an influx of German immigrants in the 1850s and the arrival of streetcar lines built it into a dense residential neighborhood. Bounded by Arsenal, South Grand, Chippewa, and Kingshighway, the neighborhood includes the Tower Grove Heights Historic District and sits directly south of the 289-acre Tower Grove Park. For medical cannabis access, Tower Grove South residents follow the same statewide Missouri process as anywhere else.
Missouri doesn't treat a physician certification as sufficient on its own. After an MD, DO, or nurse practitioner issues a certification under Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution, the patient must separately apply for a state Patient ID card through DHSS's Complia portal. Dispensaries check for that card specifically, not the certification itself.
Missouri names specific qualifying conditions — including cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD — while also giving practitioners discretion to certify other chronic or debilitating conditions on a case-by-case basis. Full detail is maintained at the Missouri DHSS medical marijuana program page.
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