All 50 states and DC

Cannabis law, state by state

Cannabis law is set by each state rather than nationally, so the answer to whether weed is legal depends on where you are standing.

Pick a state

Every page states the recreational status, the medical program, the limits and the minimum age, each with the statute it came from and the date a person last checked it.

What a state page leaves out

Do I need a medical card to buy weed in my state? compares every jurisdiction in one place. Can I take cannabis from one state to another? covers what happens between two of them. What does the December 2026 federal hemp rule change? covers the one change coming to all of them.

Federal law applies everywhere

Cannabis remains a federal matter whichever state you are in, and federal law does not say what a state's law says. Read what federal law says about weed.