Independent city guides · California + Nevada + New York · Updated 3 Nov 2026
Licensed cannabis,
city by city.
Which storefronts hold a state license, what ID to bring, how much you can buy, where you can use it, and what's on in town. Not a marketplace. Not legal or medical advice.
- Cities
- 18
- Licensed shops listed
- 114
- Licenses checked with
- DCC + OCM
- Events coming up
- 134
Every city we cover
18 cities · 3 states · A–Z by linePacific Line
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Nevada · 1 cityEmpire Line
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Summaries of state rules, each linked to its source. Check the regulator before a large purchase.
CAL. CODE REGS. TIT. 4, § 15409 · California rules
NY OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT · New York rules
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Crossing a state line with cannabis is illegal, even between two legal states. Airport security is federal too.
The questions visitors ask, state by state
Can tourists buy cannabis?
CaliforniaYes, if you are 21 or older and show a valid ID at a DCC-licensed retailer. The ID rule, 4 CCR 15404, has no residency condition and accepts passports from any country.
Full answer and sourceNew YorkYes, if you are 21 or older with a valid ID and the shop holds an OCM adult-use license. Check the Dispensary Verification Tool posted near the entrance and scan its QR code to confirm the store is on OCM's list.
Full answer and sourceWill a foreign passport work as ID?
CaliforniaYes. 4 CCR 15404(c)(3) lists "a valid passport issued by the United States or by a foreign government" as acceptable ID.
Full answer and sourceNew YorkYes. OCM lists a valid passport issued by the United States government or any other country as accepted ID, and a Canadian provincial driver's license also qualifies.
Full answer and sourceHow much can I buy or carry?
CaliforniaA licensed retailer may sell one adult-use customer up to 28.5 g of non-concentrated cannabis, 8 g of concentrate (including concentrate inside products) and 6 immature plants in a single day.
Full answer and sourceNew YorkAdults 21 and older may possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis and 24 grams of concentrated cannabis (Penal Law 222.05).
Full answer and sourceWhere can I use it?
CaliforniaNo. Health and Safety Code 11362.3 bans smoking or eating cannabis in a public place, except at a lounge a city or county has authorized.
Full answer and sourceNew YorkIn a private home and in most places where tobacco smoking is allowed.
Full answer and sourceAre cannabis lounges legal?
CaliforniaYes, where the city or county authorizes them. Under Business and Professions Code 26200(g), a local government can also let a lounge prepare and sell non-cannabis food and drinks and host live performances.
Full answer and sourceNew YorkStandalone on-site consumption license applications have not opened; OCM's licensing page listed them as anticipated on 23 Sep 2026.
Full answer and sourceCan I fly home with it?
CaliforniaNot with adult-use cannabis. Federal Register 2026-08176 (effective 28 Apr 2026) keeps non-medical marijuana in Schedule I, and DCC says you cannot take cannabis across state lines.
Full answer and sourceNew YorkNo. OCM says leaving or entering the state or country with any cannabis product is against the law, and adult-use marijuana remains Schedule I under Federal Register 2026-08176.
Full answer and sourceWhat taxes will I pay?
California15% of gross receipts, since 1 Oct 2025, when the rate returned from a temporary 19% (July to September 2025) after Governor Newsom signed AB 564.
Full answer and sourceNew YorkRetail taxes totaling 13% on each adult-use sale, and no sales tax, according to the NYS Tax Department (Internet Archive capture of its page, 13 Aug 2026); the rates apply to sales on and after 1 Jun 2024.
Full answer and sourceWhat about an expired or paper temporary ID?
CaliforniaNo DCC page or regulation we found addresses expired IDs directly. 4 CCR 15404 requires the retailer to inspect "a valid form of identification" and does not say whether an expired card counts, so the clerk decides at the counter.
Full answer and sourceNew YorkNo OCM page we found addresses expired or paper IDs. The rule, 9 NYCRR 123.10(d), calls for valid identification, and its government-ID category requires a photograph of your face; it does not say whether an expired card or a paper document without a photo counts.
Full answer and source
All California rules → · All Nevada rules → · All New York rules → · Rules for all 21 states →
Plan your trip
18 guides · short answers first, sources at the endBefore you buy
- First dispensary visit: ID, deals, and what to expectWhat ID works in California and New York, why the counter scans it, what the law says about first-time deals, and which taxes appear on your receipt.
- Do dispensaries take credit cards? Cash, debit and pay-by-bank appsMost licensed dispensaries in California and New York take cash and debit, not credit cards, because of federal law and the card networks' rules. Bring cash or debit, or link a bank account to a pay-by-bank app first.
- Are dispensaries open on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day?Massachusetts law shuts most stores on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day; elsewhere each shop decides. Juva closes on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day; Purple Lotus, KOLAS, Planet 13 and 420 Sahara say they open.
- Can you go to a dispensary at 18? Medical cards, ID and the rules in 21 statesNot for adult use: the 17 adult-use states in this guide set the age at 21, and Florida, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Texas sell only to patients. At 18 to 20 you must be a patient, and San Jose bars everyone under 21.
- How much cannabis can you buy at once? Limits in 21 statesFrom 1 oz in Colorado, Arizona, New Jersey, Washington and Connecticut to 3 oz in New York and Missouri; Illinois visitors get half. Limits in 21 states, four of them medical only, with the law for each.
- How to read a cannabis labelThe universal symbol, THC per serving and per package, batch and lot numbers, lab certificates, dates and warnings: what California and New York require on every licensed package.
- Is delta-8 THC legal? The 12 Nov hemp change and 21 statesFederal hemp law narrows on 12 Nov 2026 and again after 11 Dec, when it expressly excludes delta-8 made from CBD. The delta-8 rules in 21 states, from Florida's hemp shops to Texas's Schedule I.
- Edibles basics (not medical advice)Edibles act more slowly than smoking. State health agencies give the timing, the 10 mg serving cap, safe storage and what to do if a child or pet eats one. Education, not medical advice.
On the move
- Tourist cannabis rules: ID, airports, and state linesVisitors 21+ can buy in the 17 adult-use states this guide covers, often with a foreign passport, but cannot take cannabis across a state line. Florida, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Texas are medical-only.
- Dispensaries near Disneyland: Anaheim's ban and the nearest licensed storesAnaheim bans cannabis stores and delivery businesses. The nearest licensed dispensaries to Disneyland are four in Stanton, 4.2 to 4.4 miles away, and 17 in Santa Ana within 8 miles. Resort rules, delivery, buses.
- Can you smoke cannabis in a hotel room? The rules in 21 statesUsually not. California, Colorado and Connecticut ban smoking and vaping in every hotel room, Ohio limits both to homes and farms, and six states cap rooms for cannabis smoke. Elsewhere hotels or medical cards decide.
- Where can you legally use cannabis in public? Consumption lounges by cityAcross 21 states: three lounges on Nevada's list, five in New Jersey, twelve Colorado hospitality licenses, five in Michigan (Feb 2026) and 27 in New Mexico (Sep 2026). Most other states have none open.
- Can you fly with cannabis? What the 2026 TSA change meansTSA's Medical Marijuana page has said 'Yes (Special Instructions)' since 27 Apr 2026, but adult-use cannabis stays Schedule I. This guide adds what 21 states and their main airports say, from LAX and PDX to BWI.
- Can you bring cannabis on a cruise? Lines, ports and CBDNo. Seven major lines bar marijuana in their own rules, medical cards included, and four also name CBD. What federal law and CBP add, and the rules at homeports and ports of call from Long Beach to Mexico.
- Driving with cannabis in the car: the rules in 21 statesIn the 17 adult-use states covered here, adults may carry a legal amount in a car, stored as the state requires. Driving impaired is illegal in all 21, and most visitors may not carry it in the four medical-only states.
- Cannabis on Amtrak, in rental cars and in Uber or LyftAmtrak bans marijuana in any form, even where it is legal. Rental fleets are smoke-free, Uber bars drug use, Lyft says to keep illegal substances out, and most of the 21 states covered here ban smoking it in moving cars.
- Can you bring cannabis into a national park? Federal law, park by parkNo. 36 CFR 2.35 bans cannabis in every national park, whatever state law says, and the April 2026 rescheduling left adult-use cannabis in Schedule I. Park notes from Yosemite and Cape Cod to the Everglades and Big Bend.
Coming up in our cities
From each organizer's official page · open a city for its full board- Sonia Boyce: Demonstrate at the Queens MuseumQueens · Queens MuseumSonia Boyce's installation grew out of two days of filmed gatherings at the museum with local groups and the Resistance Revival Chorus, shown as video, wallpaper and photographs. It closes on 7 Feb 2027. The museum stands in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, and NYC Parks prohibits smoking at all of its parks.Culture
- Deep Valley: People, Places, MemoryUkiah · Grace Hudson MuseumExhibition for the museum's 40th anniversary and Ukiah's 150th, dated September 4, 2026 to February 7, 2027 on the museum's calendar; museum admission applies.Culture
- Climate Change: Mother Earth at Sun GalleryHayward · Sun GalleryThe gallery's 13th annual climate-change art show, open Fridays and Saturdays 11 am to 4 pm through November 13, 2026, per the gallery's site.Culture
- Tracy Community Band free concertsTracy · Grand Theatre Center for the ArtsFree evening concerts by the Tracy Community Band at the Grand Theatre on 5 Oct and 12 Dec 2026.Music
- Winter Village at Bryant ParkNew York City · Bryant ParkThe rink two blocks from Times Square runs October 28, 2026 to February 28, 2027, daily 8 am to 10 pm, with free admission and paid skate rental, per Bryant Park's page; the holiday shops' dates were not yet posted.Festival
- San Diego Food + Wine FestivalSan Diego · Embarcadero Marina Park North (Grand Tasting and Grand Fiesta)The 22nd festival runs dinners and tastings around the city for eight days and ends with a Grand Tasting on 7 Nov 2026 and a Grand Fiesta on 8 Nov 2026 at Embarcadero Marina Park North. Every event is 21 and over.Food
What changed in the rules
From the state rules pages · every stop links its sourceLatest
Question 8 on the state ballot
Voters decide Question 8, an initiative petition that would repeal the laws legalizing, regulating and taxing adult-use retail sales, let adults 21 and older possess 1 ounce or less, and take effect on January 1, 2028. A no vote makes no change to the law.
Source · sec.state.ma.usRevised MED rules take effect
The State Licensing Authority adopted revised Colorado Marijuana Rules on September 10, 2026, effective November 1, 2026, covering fees, testing, labeling and enforcement.
Source · med.colorado.govEdible shape rules and wider THC definitions take effect
House Bill 4454 bars edibles attractive to children, shaped like humans, cartoons or animals, or resembling commercially available candy, and SB 1257 moves tetrahydrocannabinols, including THC derived from industrial hemp, from Schedule III to Schedule I and adds THCA to the hemp test.
Source · oklegislature.govAmended package rule takes effect
A new version of OAC 1301:18-4-06 took effect; it caps products at 90 percent THC and adult-use edibles at 10 milligrams of THC per serving and 100 milligrams per package. We could not read the earlier version to confirm which caps are new.
Source · codes.ohio.gov (archived)Out-of-state medical patients may buy in Connecticut
Qualifying patients and caregivers registered in another state may buy medical cannabis at hybrid retailers and dispensary facilities, DCP says, the same day the 10.75 percent tax begins and concentrates lose their potency cap.
Source · portal.ct.gov
Scheduled
Federal hemp definition narrows
The federal hemp definition in Public Law 119-37 (Division B, section 781) takes effect. Until 11 Dec 2026 a stopgap law (Public Law 119-103, Division B, section 2019) limits it to products with cannabinoids the cannabis plant cannot produce naturally; after that, finished products with more than 0.4 mg total THC per container also stop counting as hemp.
Source · govinfo.govIllinois Hemp Act takes effect
Sections 1 through 70 of Public Act 104-463, the Illinois Hemp Act, take effect, limiting final consumer hemp cannabinoid products to 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container.
Source · ilga.gov (archived)Hemp THC and customer privacy provisions take effect
RSMo 195.800, 195.819 and 195.900 take effect: most hemp-derived cannabinoid products may be sold only by licensed marijuana facilities, other hemp products are covered only while federal hemp restrictions prohibit them (limited until December 11, 2026 by Public Law 119-103), and dispensaries need written consent to keep customer identifying records.
Source · documents.house.mo.govPhiladelphia hemp ordinance and federal hemp change take effect
Bill No. 260163 bars selling products excluded from the federal hemp definition and sales to anyone under 21; the federal change is limited until December 11, 2026 by Public Law 119-103.
Source · phila.legistar.comSupply chains merge and macrobusiness license begins
The 2026 law merges medical and adult-use supply chains, replaces the medical combination license with a macrobusiness license and makes event organizer licenses annual.
Source · mn.gov (archived)Hemp joins the licensed market
Intoxicating hemp must be made, tested and sold like licensed cannabis, and the cannabis excise tax will apply to it.
Source · cannabis.ca.gov
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