For information on medical marijuana, please visit our State-by-State Medical Marijuana Laws resource. *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 1. Alaska Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: up to 6 plants with no more than 3 mature plants Hash & Concentrates: Possession of hash and concentrates is illegal. Possession of up to 3 g is a misdemeanor, more is a felony. *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 2. Arizona Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: Up to 6 plants per person; up to 12 plants for a single residence with more than one 21+ resident Hash & Concentrates: up to 5 grams *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 3. California Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: up to 6 plants, including the harvest from those 6 plants Hash & Concentrates: up to 8 g (more than 8 g is a misdemeanor) *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 4. Colorado Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: up to 6 plants with no more than 3 mature plants Hash & Concentrates: up to 1 oz *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 5. Connecticut State Marijuana Laws Law: SB 1201 –signed by Governor Ned Lamont on June 22, 2021 Effective: July 1, 2021 (revised penalties); May 2022 (commercial sales); July 2023 (growing plants) Connecticut Medical Marijuana Laws Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1.5 oz; up to 5oz in a locked container Plants: up to 6 plants with no more than 3 mature plants (on or after July 2023) Hash & Concentrates: up to 7.5 g (up to 750 mg of THC); 25 g (up to 2,500 mg of THC) in a locked container *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 6. District of Columbia Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 2 oz Plants: up to 6 plants per person with no more than 3 mature plants; up to 12 plants (no more than 6 mature) for a single residence with more than one 21+ resident Hash & Concentrates: Possession of hash and concentrates is illegal and punishable with 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 7. Illinois Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz (30 g) for residents and 500 milligrams of THC contained in a cannabis-infused product for state residents (15 g/250 mg non-residents) Plants: None Hash & Concentrates: up to 5 g (2.5 g non-residents) *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 8. Maine State Marijuana Laws Ballot Measure: Question 1 — Approved Dec. 17, 2016 (after recount of Nov. 8, 2016 election results was abandoned) by 50.26% of voters Law: The Marijuana Legalization Act Effective: Jan. 30, 2017 (grow and possess) [Editor’s Note: On May 2, 2018, the Maine House (109-39) and Senate (28-6) voted to override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of LD 1719 (Chapter 409 Public Law) Maine Medical Marijuana Laws Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 2.5 oz Plants: up to 3 flowering plants, 12 immature plants, unlimited seedlings, and all marijuana produced from the plants Hash & Concentrates: up to 5 g *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 9. Massachusetts Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: up to 6 plants; no single residence may exceed 12 plants Hash & Concentrates: up to 5 g. Possession of hash is illegal though decriminalized for possession of up to 1 oz. *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 10. Michigan Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: 2.5 oz; up to 10 ounces at home, but amounts over 2.5 ounces must be kept in locked containers Plants: up to 12 plants Hash & Concentrates: 15 grams of marijuana may be in the form of marijuana concentrate *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 11. Montana Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: up to 4 mature plants and up to 4 seedlings Hash & Concentrates: up to 8 grams *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 12. Nevada Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: up to 6 plants; no single residence may exceed 12 plants Hash & Concentrates: up to 3.5 g *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 13. New Jersey Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 14. New Mexico Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 2 oz Plants: up to 6 plants per person with no more than 12 per household Hash & Concentrates: Up to 16 grams of concentrated marijuana, and 800 milligrams of edible cannabis *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 15. New York State Marijuana Laws Legislation: S854A — Passed Senate and Assembly, and signed into law by Governor Cuomo on Mar. 31, 2021 Law: Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act Effective: Mar. 31, 2021 New York Medical Marijuana Laws Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 3 oz Plants: up to 12 plants with no more than 6 mature plants and 6 immature per residence Hash & Concentrates: up to 24 g concentrated cannabis *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 16. Oregon
Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz in public; up to 8 oz homegrown at home Plants: up to 4 plants per residence Hash & Concentrates: up to 16 oz solid infused at home; up to 72 oz liquid infused at home; up to 1 oz extract at home *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 17. Rhode Island Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz in public; up to 10 oz at home Plants: up to 3 mature plants and 3 immature plants per residence Hash & Concentrates: up to 5 g concentrate *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 18. Vermont
State Marijuana Laws Legislation: H.511 — Approved Jan. 22, 2018 Law: An Act Related to Eliminating Penalties for Possession of Limited Amounts of Marijuana by Adults 21 Years of Age or Older State Website:State of Vermont Marijuana Commission Effective: July 1, 2018 Retail sales are not yet allowed. In Oct. 2020, Governor Phil Scott indicated he would not veto a measure passed by legislators that will allow the creation of regulatory structures to permit recreational marijuana sales. The first recreational marijuana shops could open in 2022. Vermont Medical Marijuana Laws Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: up to 6 plants per household (no more than 2 mature), and all marijuana produced from the plants Hash & Concentrates: 5 g *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 19. Virginia State Marijuana Laws Ballot Measure: SB 1406 and HB 2312 — Governor’s amendments to law approved Apr. 7, 2021 by House and Senate Effective: July 1, 2021 (possession and growing plants); commercial sales TBD* *On Mar. 1, 2022, the Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee killed a bill that would have accelerated the commercial sales legalization, enforcement measures, regulation, and tax revenue of adult-use marijuana in Virginia. The bill was originally slated to be passed by 2024. Sales and purchases of adult-use marijuana remain illegal in the state until legislation is passed. Virginia Medical Marijuana Laws Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: Up to 4 plants *Please consult the state for the most recent information. 20. Washington Possession and Cultivation Limits Age: 21+ Usable Marijuana: up to 1 oz Plants: Plants are illegal. Any amount is a felony. Hash & Concentrates: up to 16 oz marijuana-infused product in solid form; up to 72 oz marijuana-infused product in liquid form; up to 7 g marijuana concentrate *Please consult the state for the most recent information. Sources: Ballotpedia, “Alaska Marijuana Legalization, Ballot Measure 2 (2014),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Nov. 14, 2017) Ballotpedia, “California Proposition 64, Marijuana Legalization (2016),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Nov. 14, 2017) Ballotpedia, “Colorado Marijuana Legalization Initiative, Amendment 64 (2012),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Mar. 29, 2017) Ballotpedia, “Washington D.C. Marijuana Legalization, Initiative 71 (November 2014),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Mar. 29, 2017) Ballotpedia, “Maine Marijuana Legalization, Question 1 (2016),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Mar. 30, 2017) Ballotpedia, “Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization, Question 4 (2016),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Mar. 31, 2017) Ballotpedia, “Michigan Proposal 1, Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2018),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Nov. 7, 2018) Ballotpedia, “Nevada Marijuana Legalization, Question 2 (2016),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Apr. 3, 2017) Ballotpedia, “Oregon Legalized Marijuana Initiative, Measure 91 (2014),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Apr. 3, 2017) Ballotpedia, “Washington Marijuana Legalization and Regulation, Initiative 502 (2012),” ballotpedia.org (accessed Apr. 3, 2017) Maine State Legislature, “Recreational Marijuana in Maine,” legislature.maine.gov (accessed Feb. 12, 2018) Marijuana Policy Project, “Maine,” mpp.org (accessed Feb. 12, 2018) Marijuana Policy Project, “Summary of the 2022 Rhode Island Cannabis Act,” mpp.org (accessed June 6, 2022) NORML, “State Laws,” norml.org/laws (accessed Mar. 16, 2017) University of Missouri at Kansas City, “Irwin Ravin, Petitioner, v. State of Alaska, Respondent,” law2.umkc.edu, May 27, 1975 Reid Wilson, “Vermont to Legalize Recreational Marijuana,” thehill.com, Oct. 9, 2020 Reid Wilson, “South Dakota Judge Strikes Down Voter-Passed Marijuana Measure,” thehill.com, Feb. 9, 2021 |