MISSOURI CANNABIS PROGRAM

• Comprehensive Marijuana Cultivation Facility means a facility licensed by the department to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on site or off site, transport to or from, and sell cannabis, cannabis seeds, cannabis vegetative cuttings to a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or cannabis testing facility. A comprehensive cannabis cultivation facility’s authority to process cannabis shall include the creation of prerolls but shall not include the manufacture of cannabis-infused products. The department shall issue at a minimum, the same number of comprehensive cannabis cultivation facility licenses as were authorized or issued for medical cannabis cultivation facilities as of December 7, 2022.  At least 64 licenses will be available.
  • Licensing Application Fees: $12,000 per license application (nonrefundable); $25,000 annual fee
• Comprehensive Marijuana Dispensary Facility means a facility licensed by the department to acquire, process, package, store on site or off site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver cannabis, cannabis seeds, cannabis vegetative cuttings, cannabis-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer cannabis to a qualifying patient or primary caregiver, or to a consumer, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient, primary caregiver, or consumer, to a comprehensive facility, a cannabis testing facility, or a medical facility. Transactions may be received from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. Shall include the authority to create prerolls. The department shall issue at a minimum, the same number of comprehensive cannabis dispensary facility licenses as were authorized or issued for medical cannabis dispensary facilities as of December 7, 2022. At least 207 licenses will be available.
  • Licensing Application Fees: $7 ,000 per license application (nonrefundable); $10,000 annual fee
• Comprehensive Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing means a facility licensed by the department to acquire, process, package, store, manufacture, transport to or from a medical facility, comprehensive facility, or cannabis testing facility, and sell cannabis-infused products, prerolls, and infused prerolls to a cannabis dispensary facility, a cannabis testing facility, or another cannabis-infused products manufacturing facility. The department shall issue at a minimum, the same number of comprehensive cannabis-infused products manufacturing facility licenses as were authorized or issued for medical cannabis-infused products manufacturing facilities as of December 7, 2022. At least 85 licenses will be available.
  • Licensing Application Fees: $7 ,000 per license application (nonrefundable); $10,000 annual fee
• Microbusiness Dispensary Facility means a facility licensed by the department to acquire, process, package, store on site or off site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver cannabis, cannabis seeds, cannabis vegetative cuttings, cannabis-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer cannabis to a qualifying patient or primary caregiver, or to a consumer, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient, primary caregiver, or consumer, to a comprehensive facility, a cannabis testing facility, or a medical facility. Transactions may be received from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. Shall include the authority to create prerolls. The department can restrict the number of microbusiness licenses issued and will begin issuing the licenses six at a time (2 microbusiness dispensaries and 4 microbusiness wholesale facility).
  • Licensing Application Fees: $1,500 per license application (refundable); $1,500 annual fee
• Microbusiness Wholesale Facility means a facility licensed by the department to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on site or off site, manufacture, transport to or from, deliver, and sell cannabis, cannabis seeds, cannabis vegetative cuttings, and cannabis-infused products to a microbusiness dispensary facility, other microbusiness wholesale facility, or cannabis testing facility. A microbusiness may cultivate up to 250 flowering cannabis plants at any given time. A microbusiness wholesale facility’s authority to process cannabis shall include the creation of prerolls and infused prerolls. The department can restrict the number of microbusiness licenses issued, and will begin issuing the licenses six at a time (2 microbusiness dispensaries and 4 microbusiness wholesale facility).
  • Licensing Application Fees: $1,500 per license application (refundable); $1,500 annual fee

Missouri has held two out of three licensing rounds, one in 2023 and one in 2024. A third licensing round is anticipated in 2025, but a date for the application process has not yet been announced. Missouri will award 48 microbusiness licenses in the next lottery, following the application process.