Meet with a Missouri-licensed physician or nurse practitioner from home. Get certified, and we'll guide you through the state Patient ID card that follows.
Read this before you book your visit.
Book an AppointmentGreenlight Dispensary on Chippewa Street is a short drive from Lindenwood Park's southern edge, reachable via Hampton Avenue or I-44.
Some Missouri dispensaries offer delivery to certified patients — worth asking your dispensary directly once your card is active.
A licensed Missouri practitioner evaluates you over telehealth, in a conversation that goes beyond a simple intake form.
Your certification lands in the state's Complia system, giving you 30 days to complete the Patient ID card application yourself.
Once DHSS approves your application, your card is good for three years — and it's what a dispensary will actually ask for.
Clear from the first message about what to expect.
Booked on a lunch break, done before I went back to work.
No pressure, no upsell, just a straightforward visit.
Would use again when it's time to renew.
Drawn from Missouri's official guidance.
No. It qualifies you to apply for the state Patient ID card, and that card — not the certification paperwork — is what a dispensary actually verifies.
Through a mix of named conditions — cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD among them — and practitioner discretion for other chronic or debilitating conditions.
Generally not. A real telehealth evaluation, whether by video or audio, with a licensed practitioner is typically sufficient under Missouri's rules.
$28.14 for the Patient ID card itself, per the current DHSS fee schedule. Your practitioner's visit fee comes separately.
Three years from the date your card is issued — longer than most states require.
No longer. Missouri eliminated its residency requirement, so eligibility doesn't hinge on your home address.
MDs, DOs, and nurse practitioners licensed in the state. Physician assistants aren't part of Missouri's list of authorized certifiers.
Standard allowance is 6 ounces a month, though a practitioner may specify more on your certification when appropriate.
It's only valid for 30 days for the purpose of applying for your card, so it's worth starting your state application soon after your visit.
Educational only — always defer to your practitioner's judgment.
Missouri names chronic conditions involving severe, persistent pain — comparable to what's seen with multiple sclerosis — as a qualifying category. Your practitioner determines whether your specific case fits.
This one has a specific rule: the diagnosis needs to come from a state-licensed psychiatrist to count toward Missouri's named list. Bring documentation if you have it.
Missouri's psychiatric-disorder category isn't limited to PTSD. Whether your diagnosis qualifies comes down to clinical judgment during your specific evaluation.
Not a named condition on its own, but a frequent topic that may fall under a practitioner's broader discretion depending on the full picture.
Missouri leaves room for practitioners to certify other chronic or debilitating conditions beyond the named categories — ALS, Crohn's disease, and hepatitis C are examples that have qualified this way.
Named directly on Missouri's list, often discussed alongside conditions like Parkinson's or seizure disorders. Bring your relevant history to the visit.
The neighborhood's namesake park nearly became four-family housing units in the 1940s. A 1946 settlement between a developer and the local improvement association instead donated the land to the city — construction on the park itself didn't begin until a 1955 bond issue.
The surrounding neighborhood predates Lindenwood Park by decades, tracing back to an 1798 Spanish colonial land grant, with real development not beginning until the 1880s along Fyler Avenue.
Several streets here memorialize real figures — including Civil War General Winfield Hancock and President Chester Arthur — alongside the local landowners and developers who shaped the area in the 1920s and 1930s.
Century Home plaques mark houses from the 1920s and earlier, and residents still gather for a spring flea market, summer lawn contests, and a fall festival held right in the park.
This site is centered on Lindenwood Park, but Missouri's certification process is identical statewide, and residency isn't a requirement at all.
Lindenwood Park sits at the southwestern edge of St. Louis, bounded by Arsenal Street, Hampton Avenue, Chippewa Street, and Interstate 44. The land traces back to an 1798 Spanish colonial land grant, though the neighborhood itself wasn't built out until the 1920s and 1930s. Its namesake park, at the center of the community, was nearly developed as housing before a 1946 settlement preserved it for public use. For medical cannabis access, Lindenwood Park residents follow the same statewide Missouri process as anywhere else.
Missouri requires two separate approvals. A physician, DO, or nurse practitioner first issues a certification under Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution. The patient then applies independently for a state Patient ID card through DHSS's Complia portal — and it's that card a dispensary checks, not the certification alone.
Missouri's qualifying conditions include cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD, among others, with practitioners also able to certify other chronic or debilitating conditions case by case. Full detail is available at the Missouri DHSS medical marijuana program page.