How to check a Mississippi medical cannabis dispensary

1. Make sure your registry card is active

You need a registry ID card to buy medical cannabis. After a registered practitioner certifies you, you apply online within 6 months. The card is electronic.¹ A resident card lasts up to one year.²

You can check your application in MMCP’s licensing portal. Once you have a card, the portal’s Patient Allotment Checker shows how much you can still buy.³ For help, call MMCP at 601-206-1540 .⁴

Visiting from another state? You need a Mississippi nonresident card. You can get one if you have an active medical cannabis card from your home state.⁵

2. Find the dispensary in MMCP’s Business Search

The Department of Revenue licenses and regulates dispensaries.⁷ MMCP’s Business Search lists licensed medical cannabis businesses, including dispensaries.⁵⁶

1. Go to MMCP’s Business Search .
2. Type the business name in the search box. The table filters as you type.⁶
3. Check that the business type says Dispensary and that the county matches the store.⁶
4. Check the expiration date. If the date has passed, ask the store about it before you buy.

The list shows the license number, business name, type, county and expiration date. It does not show street addresses.⁶ If the business isn’t on the list as a dispensary, don’t buy there.

3. At the dispensary

• Staff must ask for your registry ID card and check that it is valid and that it is yours.⁸
• Dispensaries may sell only inside the store. No drive-through, curbside pickup or delivery is allowed.⁹
• A dispensary may not sell you more than your allowed amount. You may buy up to 24 MMCEUs in any 30 days and have up to 28 MMCEUs at one time.⁹³
• People under 21 may go in only if they have a registry ID card and are with their legal guardian.⁹

4. Check the label and the lab report

Labels must show the product name, batch number, seed-to-sale tracking number, net weight, ingredients and possible allergens, total THC and CBD from the testing lab, and a notice of possible harm.² Products over 30% total THC must say “extremely potent.”⁸

Every legal product must have a Certificate of Analysis (COA) with its lab results. You can ask for it at the dispensary. Check that the THC and CBD match the label, that it passed the contaminant tests, and that the batch number matches your package.¹⁰

Keep the package. In a July 2024 recall, MMCP listed each product by dispensary license number, batch or tracking number, and product name.¹¹ See MMCP’s bulletins, including recall notices .

Warning signs

• Delivery, curbside or drive-through sales. Mississippi dispensaries may sell only inside the store.⁹
• A seller that doesn’t ask for a Mississippi registry card. Dispensaries must check your card.⁸ A Mississippi card is valid only in Mississippi, and visitors need a Mississippi nonresident card.¹²⁵
• Very strong products. Flower over 30% total THC and concentrates over 60% total THC may not be sold.⁸
• Edibles shaped like cartoons, toys, animals or children. Molded edibles must be geometric shapes.⁸

If something doesn’t look right

Use MMCP’s online complaint form for a problem with a licensed medical cannabis business, like a dispensary, grower or testing lab. Say which business it was, and what happened, when and where. You can attach photos and documents.¹⁴

The Department of Revenue also takes questions and complaints about dispensaries by email. The address is on its medical cannabis page .⁷

If you think a product made you sick, tell your health care provider and the dispensary where you bought it. MMCP asked patients to do this in its July 2024 recall notice.³

File a complaint with MMCP · How to report a problem