Soulard · St. Louis
Two Steps. One Path Forward.
A video visit with a Missouri-licensed physician or nurse practitioner. Get certified, then we'll walk you through the state Patient ID card that follows.
A video visit with a Missouri-licensed physician or nurse practitioner. Get certified, then we'll walk you through the state Patient ID card that follows.
The essentials, before you book your visit.
Cookies Downtown St. Louis on Olive Street is a short trip north from Soulard, easily reached from the neighborhood's edge.
Some Missouri dispensaries offer direct delivery to certified patients — worth asking once your card is active.
Pick a time and connect with a Missouri-licensed practitioner over video, wherever you are.
A real evaluation of your health history, ending in a decision on certification.
File your state application within 30 days. Once approved, your card lasts three years.
Explained the card application clearly so nothing caught me off guard.
Quick, professional, no wasted time. Would use again for renewal.
Grounded in Missouri's own program rules.
No. It lets you apply for the state Patient ID card, and it's that card — not the certification — that a dispensary checks.
Named conditions like cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD, plus practitioner discretion for other chronic or debilitating conditions.
Usually, yes. A genuine telehealth evaluation by video or audio with a licensed practitioner typically satisfies Missouri's requirement.
$28.14 under the current DHSS schedule. Your practitioner's evaluation fee is billed separately.
Three years from issue — longer than most states require.
No. Missouri eliminated its residency requirement entirely.
MDs, DOs, and nurse practitioners licensed in Missouri. Physician assistants aren't authorized under this program.
6 ounces per month by default, with room for a practitioner to note more when clinically appropriate.
General education, not medical advice.
Missouri names chronic conditions involving severe, persistent pain as a qualifying category, comparable to conditions like multiple sclerosis. Your practitioner evaluates whether your case fits.
Missouri requires this diagnosis to come from a state-licensed psychiatrist specifically for it to count under the named list.
Missouri's psychiatric-disorder category isn't limited to PTSD. Your practitioner determines whether a given diagnosis qualifies.
Not a named condition on its own, but a frequent topic that may fall under a practitioner's broader discretion.
Missouri allows practitioners to certify other chronic or debilitating conditions — ALS, Crohn's disease, and hepatitis C have all qualified this way.
Soulard takes its name from Antoine Soulard, a French surveyor for the Spanish crown in the late 1700s. His widow, Julia, donated the land for the neighborhood's namesake market in 1841.
Soulard Market has operated continuously since 1841, making it the oldest public market west of the Mississippi River — still the anchor of the neighborhood today.
Soulard's distinctive "flounder houses" — narrow homes with a lopsided, sloped roofline named for the fish — are a rare architectural style that originated right in this neighborhood.
What began as a small gathering of friends in the early 1980s has grown into the second-largest Mardi Gras celebration in the country, drawing hundreds of thousands each year.
This site is centered on Soulard, but Missouri's certification process is identical statewide, and residency isn't required to apply at all.
Soulard is the oldest residential district in the city of St. Louis, named for French surveyor Antoine Soulard and his widow Julia, who donated the land for Soulard Market in 1841 — still the oldest public market west of the Mississippi River. The neighborhood grew rapidly after 1840 with waves of German and Eastern European immigrants, and today is a National Historic District known for its flounder houses and the nation's second-largest Mardi Gras celebration. For medical cannabis access, Soulard 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 must then independently apply for a state Patient ID card through DHSS's Complia portal — and it's that card, not the certification, that a dispensary checks.
Missouri's qualifying conditions include cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD, among others, while also giving practitioners discretion to certify other chronic or debilitating conditions case by case. Full detail is available at the Missouri DHSS medical marijuana program page.
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