Is weed legal in Nevada?

Recreational status

Recreational cannabis is legal in Nevada. (NRS 678D.200: Person 21 years of age or older or holder of adult-use cannabis establishment license exempt from state prosecution for certain acts involving cannabis)

Legalization sits in the same section that fixes what an adult may hold and grow, so age and amount are the two things Nevada asks about. The Cannabis Compliance Board licenses the shops, and the statutes call one a cannabis sales facility rather than a dispensary.

Medical status

A full medical cannabis program runs in Nevada, serving patients the program registers. (NRS 678C.200: Holder of valid registry identification card or medical cannabis establishment license exempt from state prosecution for certain acts involving cannabis)

This section exempts a cardholder from prosecution for possessing, delivering, or producing 'usable cannabis' and 'concentrated cannabis' -- the same undifferentiated product categories the adult-use program uses -- to mitigate a 'chronic or debilitating medical condition,' with no product-form or THC-content limit. Recorded with the caveat that this source describes the exemption and its possession ceiling rather than enumerating qualifying conditions directly.

The card decides who may enter a medical dispensary at all, not only who may buy once inside. Registration also names a designated primary caregiver, and the dispensary can bring an order to a cardholder instead of asking them to come in.

Hemp-derived products

Nevada permits the sale of hemp-derived products and limits which ones. (NRS 678A.660: Requirements for sale and advertisement of hemp products; remedies, penalties, duties and prohibitions in section not exclusive; violation constitutes deceptive trade practice)

An unlicensed seller may sell a hemp product intended for human consumption, but must post a sign at each customer entrance reading 'THIS LOCATION IS NOT LICENSED TO SELL CANNABIS' and a sign at the point of sale reading 'ALL HEMP PRODUCTS CONTAIN LESS THAN THE LEGAL LIMIT OF THC,' and may not advertise or claim the product is cannabis, is sold under a cannabis license, or produces an intoxicating effect.

Nevada makes an unlicensed hemp seller say so in writing, with a sign at the entrance stating the location is not licensed to sell cannabis and a second one at the register about THC content. That seller also may not call the product cannabis or claim it is intoxicating, so the shelf talks about hemp and nothing more.

Home cultivation

Nevada allows an adult to grow up to 6 plants at home. (NRS 678D.200: Person 21 years of age or older or holder of adult-use cannabis establishment license exempt from state prosecution for certain acts involving cannabis)

The residence in which the plants are grown may not hold more than 12 cannabis plants in total regardless of the number of residents. A registered medical patient and designated primary caregiver may instead collectively cultivate up to 12 plants, but only if a medical cannabis dispensary has not yet opened in the patient's county of residence, or a narrow exception applies (dispensary closure or supply shortage, illness or lack of transportation, or no dispensary within 25 miles when the patient first registered).

The twelve-plant ceiling belongs to the residence rather than to each grower in it, so a second adult under the same roof adds nothing to the total. A patient's larger allowance depends on where you live, and a dispensary opening in your county can take it away.

Possession and purchase limits

The possession limit, as Nevada states it: Two and one-half ounces of usable cannabis, one-fourth of an ounce of concentrated cannabis, up to six cannabis plants, and a maximum allowable quantity of cannabis products set by Board regulation. (NRS 678D.200: Person 21 years of age or older or holder of adult-use cannabis establishment license exempt from state prosecution for certain acts involving cannabis)

A registered medical patient and designated primary caregiver may instead collectively possess the same 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis but up to 12 cannabis plants, safeguarded in an enclosed, secure location.

On buying, Nevada states: A cannabis sales facility shall not sell to a person, in any one transaction, more than 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis or more than one-fourth of an ounce of concentrated cannabis. (NRS 678B.550: Cannabis sales facilities: Limitation on quantity of usable cannabis and concentrated cannabis sold in one transaction)

NRS 678C.200 states the same 2.5-ounce usable-cannabis figure as the collective possession ceiling for a registered patient and caregiver, rather than a separate per-transaction sale figure.

Nevada counts live plants inside the possession limit itself, so what is growing at home is part of the same figure as what is in your bag. The purchase cap binds the store in a single transaction, and the ceiling for infused products lives in Board regulation rather than in the statute.

Minimum age

You must be 21 or over to buy without a medical card. (NRS 678D.200: Person 21 years of age or older or holder of adult-use cannabis establishment license exempt from state prosecution for certain acts involving cannabis)

Nevada sets no minimum age for a patient. (NRS 678C.220: Registry identification cards and letters of approval: Program for issuance; application)

The Division issues a registry identification card to a person at least 10 but less than 18, or a letter of approval to a person less than 10, if the custodial parent or legal guardian responsible for the person's health care decisions signs a written statement that the attending physician explained the risks and benefits, consents to the medical use of cannabis, agrees to serve as the person's designated primary caregiver, and agrees to control the acquisition, dosage, and frequency of use.

Twenty-one is the age for a walk-in sale, and Nevada's medical side sets no patient age at all. The state gives its youngest applicants a letter of approval instead of a card, and a custodial parent signs it, acts as primary caregiver, and controls acquisition and dosage.

Where you can buy

You can buy lawfully from a licensed recreational dispensary, a licensed medical dispensary and a licensed delivery service. (NRS 678D.430: Requirements and restrictions concerning inventory of and sales by adult-use cannabis establishment; use of third party, intermediary business, broker or other unlicensed business)

An adult-use cannabis retail store may contract with a third party or intermediary business to deliver cannabis, so long as every delivered sale is made directly from the retail store itself and the delivery is performed by an authorized cannabis establishment agent -- the licensed-delivery channel. NRS 678C.440 confines entry to a medical cannabis dispensary to a person at least 21 or holding a registry identification card or letter of approval -- the medical-dispensary channel -- and NRS 678C.450 lets a medical cannabis dispensary deliver to a cardholder on the same terms.

A third-party company can carry your order here, but the store itself has to make the sale and an authorized agent of a licensed establishment has to do the driving. On the medical side a dispensary delivers to a cardholder on its own terms, so the route to your door depends on which program you buy under.

The Nevada store list names every licensed location this site holds a record for.

Federal law applies here too, and it is not the same. Read what federal law says about weed.