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.
Greenlight Dispensary on Chippewa Street sits right along Bevo Mill's own northern border — a short trip for most residents once certified.
Gravois Road and Morganford Road, the two roads that meet at the historic mill itself, connect easily to the rest of South City.
A Missouri-licensed practitioner evaluates you over telehealth — an actual medical conversation, not a checkbox form.
Your certification lands in Missouri's Complia portal. You've got 30 days from there to file your own state application.
Once DHSS signs off, your Patient ID card is valid for 3 years — and it's what actually gets checked at the dispensary.
Straightforward from start to finish. They made sure I understood the card application before I even booked.
Practitioner was thorough without dragging it out. Would book again for renewal.
Pulled directly from Missouri's own program rules.
Not right away. Certification is the step that lets you apply for the state Patient ID card — and it's the card itself that a dispensary checks before selling to you.
Missouri names several conditions directly — cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD among them — but a certifying practitioner can also approve other chronic or debilitating conditions using their own judgment.
Usually, yes. As long as the visit is a genuine medical evaluation rather than a quick form, telehealth by video or audio with a licensed practitioner typically meets Missouri's standard.
$28.14 under the current DHSS fee schedule, which is reviewed annually. Your practitioner's evaluation fee is billed on top of that, separately.
Every three years — a longer cycle than most states offer.
No. Missouri dropped its residency requirement, so your official address doesn't factor into eligibility.
An MD, DO, or nurse practitioner licensed in Missouri. Physician assistants are not permitted to issue certifications under this program.
6 ounces per month is the standard limit, though a practitioner can note a higher amount on your certification when it's clinically justified.
General information, not personal medical advice.
It's one of the categories Missouri names directly — chronic conditions involving severe, persistent pain, comparable to conditions like multiple sclerosis. Your practitioner still has to confirm it applies to you specifically.
It needs to be specific. Missouri requires the diagnosis to come from a state-licensed psychiatrist for it to count under the named list. Bring documentation if you have it.
Missouri's psychiatric-disorder category extends beyond PTSD alone. Whether a given diagnosis qualifies comes down to your practitioner's clinical judgment during the evaluation.
It's not a named condition on Missouri's list, but it comes up often and may be covered under a practitioner's broader discretion. Worth mentioning directly at your visit.
That's not automatically disqualifying. Missouri gives practitioners room to certify other chronic or debilitating conditions beyond the named list — ALS, Crohn's disease, and hepatitis C have all been recognized this way. It's an individual clinical call, not a hidden second list.
The neighborhood takes its name from the Bevo Mill itself — a 60-foot Dutch-style windmill built in 1916–17 by August A. Busch Sr. as a rest stop between the Anheuser-Busch brewery and his family's farm. It's been a St. Louis City Landmark since 1971.
Bevo Mill was originally settled by German immigrants drawn to nearby clay mines. Since the 1990s, a significant Bosnian and Croatian immigrant community has reshaped the neighborhood, bringing a genuine wave of new food businesses along the Gravois corridor.
Gravois Road and Morganford Road cross right at the historic mill — a crossroads that's anchored shopping, dining, and daily life in the neighborhood since a streetcar line used to turn around there.
Joseph R. Leisure Park, bisected by Christy Boulevard, connects directly to the River des Peres Greenway — nine miles of paved trail for anyone looking to get outside without leaving the neighborhood.
This site is centered on Bevo Mill, but Missouri's certification process is identical everywhere in the state — and residency isn't required at all, so it doesn't matter if you live here or not.
Bevo Mill takes its name from the Bevo Mill itself, a 60-foot Dutch-style windmill built in 1916–17 by August A. Busch Sr. at the intersection of Gravois and Morganford roads, now operating as the event venue Das Bevo. Originally settled by German immigrants working nearby clay deposits, the neighborhood has seen a significant Bosnian and Croatian immigrant renaissance since the 1990s. For medical cannabis access, Bevo Mill residents follow the same statewide Missouri process as anywhere else.
Missouri doesn't stop at a physician certification. After an MD, DO, or nurse practitioner issues a certification under Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution, the patient still has to apply separately for a state Patient ID card through DHSS's Complia portal — and it's that card, not the certification, that a dispensary checks at the register.
Missouri names qualifying conditions directly — cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD among them — while also giving practitioners discretion to certify other chronic or debilitating conditions case by case. Full detail is maintained at the Missouri DHSS medical marijuana program page.
Your certification is step one — we'll help with step two as well.
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