Missouri Medical Marijuana Program; My hat’s off to you!

Seriously, this is impressive; keep up the good work!

Around noon on June 28, 2019, I began the online process for requesting a Missouri Medical Marijuana Patient Card. The process was reasonably painless, though I do have a scanner at home for the Driver’s License, utility bill, and physician’s certification that I needed to upload as attachments. I uploaded a photo as well, taken with my smart phone. It took about 20 minutes from start to finish. Not bad.

Beyond that, my expectations were low. By law, those administrating the Missouri Medical Marijuana Program (MMMP) had 30 days to approve or deny my request. I assumed that it would take nearly that long – if for no other reason than MMMP is a government program.

I was very pleasantly surprised when I was proven dead wrong on this topic. Not only did it take less than 30 days, it took a mere two business days. Yes, folks. Just a bit more than 16 working hours. Just, wow!

I’m waiting for statistics on how many people are signing up at this stage and any other data that the state provides. However, I would forego any and all of that sort of information if the MMMP keeps up this pace. The speed at which this was done is a true benefit to the patients that need such a therapy.

It appears as if we have a cadre of topics for future posts – all regarding “how to grow your medicine.”

Published by Eric

Lit Naturals founder, Eric McSwain, serves as Chairman of the Board for the Missouri Cannabis Industry Association. He is also a certified caregiver and patient. Eric's wife is also a caregiver and he also mentors several other caregivers in the state of Missouri. Eric's passion is for educating patients in the use of cannabis as well as at-home cultivation.