The short answer
Hemp and marijuana are the same plant. What separates them in federal law is how much of one substance the plant holds, and that decides which shop can sell it to you. Hemp is the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of it, at not more than 0.3 percent delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol on a dry weight basis (7 U.S.C. § 1639o. Definitions (as amended by Pub. L. 119-37 § 781, whose scope is limited until 2026-12-11 by the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, § 2019)). Schedule I lists marihuana, which is the statute's spelling, and lists tetrahydrocannabinols except the tetrahydrocannabinols in hemp (21 U.S.C. § 812. Schedules of controlled substances). A 2026 rule moved two categories of marihuana to schedule III (Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Food and Drug Administration Approved Products Containing Marijuana From Schedule I to Schedule III; Corresponding Change to Permit Requirements, 91 FR 22714 (Apr. 28, 2026)). Where a state licenses hemp retailers separately, the two are sold under different licenses, and this site lists both kinds.
The detail
That plant's seeds, derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts and salts of isomers are all hemp too, growing or not, and every one of them is held to the same 0.3 percent (7 U.S.C. § 1639o. Definitions (as amended by Pub. L. 119-37 § 781, whose scope is limited until 2026-12-11 by the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, § 2019)).
A final rule of April 28, 2026 moved two categories out of schedule I and into schedule III: drug products containing marijuana that the Food and Drug Administration has approved, and marijuana subject to a state medical marijuana license (Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Food and Drug Administration Approved Products Containing Marijuana From Schedule I to Schedule III; Corresponding Change to Permit Requirements, 91 FR 22714 (Apr. 28, 2026)). Every other form stays in schedule I.
Section 781 of Public Law 119-37 replaces the hemp definition with one measured by total tetrahydrocannabinols, counting tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (Public Law 119-37, div. B, title VII, § 781, Nov. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 558 (scope limited until 2026-12-11 by the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, § 2019)). It takes effect on November 12, 2026, 365 days after the Act was enacted. A second Act holds its reach to two categories of product until December 11, 2026 (Pub. L. 119-103, § 2019, Section 781 Extension (Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027; enacted 2026-09-02, linked text as enrolled because the slip law is not yet published)). What does the December 2026 federal hemp rule change? sets out what changes on each date.
This site holds one record for each licensed location, filed under the license the state issued it. A location can hold more than one license, and its page shows them all. Of the 34,436 records with a page, 25,498 are hemp and CBD retailers, 6,195 are recreational dispensaries and 2,743 are medical dispensaries.
What varies by state
The definition above is federal, and it does not settle what a shop near you may sell. Every state page on this site carries a section called Hemp-derived products. Where this site could read the state's own rule, that section gives it and cites it; where it could not, the section says information is coming soon. Read the page for the state you are in on cannabis law, state by state.
A recreational or medical store is licensed in 43 states and districts. In another 5 the only counter you can lawfully buy cannabis products from sells hemp-derived ones: Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Another 2 license no cannabis shop of any kind: Idaho and North Carolina. What either state permits without a license is on its own page. This site cannot say for Indiana, which publishes its Code in a form this site could not read, so its page answers Information coming soon.
What to watch out for
The 0.3 percent in the definition in force today is a concentration. It sets no limit on the amount in a container (7 U.S.C. § 1639o. Definitions (as amended by Pub. L. 119-37 § 781, whose scope is limited until 2026-12-11 by the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, § 2019)).
The exception in schedule I is written as a reference to the section 1639o definition rather than as a figure of its own, so what it excepts changes whenever that definition changes (21 U.S.C. § 812. Schedules of controlled substances).
A store page here shows the license type the state issued, in the state's own words, and that wording may use neither the word hemp nor the word marijuana.
Where to go next
Cannabis law, state by state holds a page for every state and the District of Columbia, and one for federal law.
Search the store directory by city or ZIP code for a licensed shop near you. Where this site holds records for a state, that state's legality page links to its store list, so you can move between the rule and the shops it covers.