Meet with a Missouri-licensed physician or nurse practitioner about medical marijuana. If you qualify, your state patient card is valid for three years.
Missouri's patient program runs online through the Department of Health and Senior Services.
A Missouri-licensed MD, DO, or nurse practitioner registered with the state evaluates you.
If you have a qualifying condition, your provider completes the state certification form.
Within 30 days, submit your application with a photo ID and a clear photo of your face.
After approval, print your card at home. It's valid for three years.
Telemedicine is allowed when the standard of care doesn't require an in-person exam. Your provider will let you know if you need to come in.
Wildwood doesn't currently have a dispensary within city limits, but several licensed stores are a short drive away.
Your patient card works at any licensed dispensary in Missouri. Many nearby stores serve both medical and adult-use customers — bring your card to get the medical tax rate, and ask about medical pricing.
Confirm hours and online ordering with the store before you drive out.
Your provider will ask about your health history. Having these handy saves time.
Diagnoses, imaging, or specialist notes if you have them.
Including supplements and over-the-counter products.
Treatments that helped, and ones that didn't.
Dosing, product types, driving, or anything else on your mind.
Many Wildwood homes sit on larger lots, so home cultivation comes up often. Wildwood's city code prohibits growing marijuana without a valid state cultivation identification card.
Patients (or their caregivers) apply to DHSS for a separate patient cultivation card before growing.
Approved patient cultivators can grow up to six flowering plants, plus limited non-flowering plants and clones.
Plants must be kept in an enclosed, locked facility that's out of public view.
Summarized from DHSS guidance and Wildwood's municipal code. See the DHSS patient FAQ for full cultivation rules.
“I hike Babler every week, but arthritis in my knees was making it harder. My provider talked through options carefully before certifying me.”
— Gary H., Wildwood“We have the space to grow, so I wanted to do it right. Knowing I needed the cultivation card first saved me a headache.”
— Monica E., WildwoodMissouri lists conditions like cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, PTSD, intractable migraines, and chronic pain or spasms, and allows others at a provider's professional discretion.
A physician (MD or DO) or nurse practitioner licensed in Missouri, in good standing, and registered with DHSS.
Three years. Renew with a new certification; the window opens 60 days before expiration.
Medical purchases carry a 4% state tax. Adult-use carries 6%, plus up to 3% local.
Yes, adjusted yearly. See the DHSS fee schedule.
On the DHSS patient FAQ page.
Wildwood incorporated in 1995 to protect its wooded hills and rural character, and it covers more land than any other city in St. Louis County. Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park, Rockwoods Reservation, and Greensfelder County Park make it a destination for hikers and riders, while Wildwood Town Center anchors daily life. Residents follow the same statewide medical marijuana process as all Missourians.
Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution authorizes medical and adult-use marijuana. The Department of Health and Senior Services' Division of Cannabis Regulation licenses patients, caregivers, and cultivators and issues cards online.
Lower tax, higher purchase limits, caregiver access, and eligibility from 18 keep the medical program worthwhile. For the latest guidance, see DHSS Cannabis Patient Services.
Appointments with Missouri-licensed physicians and nurse practitioners.
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