New York’s adult-use cannabis market opened to consumers on December 29, 2022, when the Office of Cannabis Management licensed the first Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensaries.
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New York’s adult-use cannabis market opened to consumers on December 29, 2022, when the Office of Cannabis Management licensed the first Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensaries.
Credit: Visitor7 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Oregon’s cannabis brand bench is the deepest in the country. Measure 91 passed in November 2014 and
Credit: Zainub Razvi via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 Oregon runs one of the oldest adult-use cannabis markets in the country. Measure 91 passed in
Maryland launched adult-use cannabis sales on July 1, 2023, after the November 2022 ballot measure that converted the state’s medical cannabis program into a dual-license
Massachusetts opened adult-use cannabis retail on November 20, 2018, when the Cannabis Control Commission licensed the first two recreational dispensaries: New England Treatment Access in
New Jersey opened its adult-use cannabis market on April 21, 2022, ten months after the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission finalized the licensing structure under the
Credit: King of Hearts via CC BY-SA 3.0 California runs both adult-use and medical cannabis programs. Adults 21 and over can purchase at any licensed
Credit: Curt Teich & Co. via Public domain Florida runs a medical-only program. You need a Florida medical marijuana card, issued through the Office of
Portland, Oregon at night. Photo via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Portland runs on an Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) licensing system that has
Ten WSLCB-licensed Washington State cannabis brands worth knowing now: Phat Panda, Artizen, Solstice, Momma Chan Farms, Washington Bud Company, Oleum Extracts, Avitas, Craft Elixirs, Canna
Denver skyline from Speer Blvd near I-25. Photo via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Xnatedawgx. Denver has one of the most mature recreational cannabis markets
Nevada legalized adult-use cannabis in November 2016 and opened recreational retail on July 1, 2017, making it one of the first states in the country
Seattle skyline from Kerry Park, Queen Anne. Photo via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Seattle has a mature, fully legal recreational cannabis market. Washington’s Initiative
Florida runs America’s largest medical-only cannabis market under a closed vertical system. Twenty-five Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers grow, process, and retail under one roof. No
Massachusetts launched the East Coast’s first adult-use cannabis market on November 20, 2018, with NETA Northampton and Cultivate Leicester ringing the first sales at 8:00
Ten Colorado MED-licensed cannabis brands verified against the Marijuana Enforcement Division active license database. Wana, Stratos, Native Roots, Lightshade, Sweet Grass Kitchen, Dixie, incredibles, Ripple,
Illinois launched its adult-use cannabis market on January 1, 2020 with twenty conditional adult-use licenses on day one, and the operators that mattered were already
Ten Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency licensed cannabis brands worth knowing right now: Pleasantrees, Lume, Glorious, Society C, Common Citizen, Tip Top Crop, MI Loud, Eastside
The 5 San Diego dispensaries worth the drive: Torrey Holistics, March and Ash, Mankind, URBN Leaf San Ysidro, Cookies. Hours, prices, what we bought.
San Francisco skyline from Twin Peaks at night, with the Bay Bridge and downtown. Photo via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. San Francisco has five
Miami has five Florida-licensed medical cannabis dispensaries that justify the trip, ranked for OMMU patients in 2026 after Amendment 3 failed.
United States Capitol at dusk on the National Mall in Washington DC. Photo by Martin Falbisoner via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Washington DC has
Back Bay reflected in Storrow Lagoon from the Charles River Esplanade. Photo by King of Hearts via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Boston has five
Chicago skyline pictured from Lake Michigan. Photo: Ashokf11 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Chicago has five Illinois-licensed cannabis dispensaries that justify a Loop-to-North-Side route.
Detroit skyline from the Riverwalk. Photo by TheWxResearcher via Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Detroit has five state-licensed cannabis dispensaries that justify a Woodward Avenue route. Three
Four DCC-licensed Coachella Valley dispensaries within twenty miles of Empire Polo Club, Coachella’s actual gate policy, and the festival packing list that survives security.
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Three verified licensed Santa Barbara County cannabis shops: Off the Charts Goleta, STIIIZY Coastal, and The Farmacy with hours, prices, and picks.
Five WSLCB-licensed Seattle dispensaries on a walking and rideshare tour across Capitol Hill, the Central District, SODO, and Ballard, anchored by the city’s first I-502
Three licensed Mammoth Lakes cannabis shops verified in the California DCC database: Mammoth Holistics, Green Mammoth, and High Sierra June Lake. Hours, prices, and ski-base
New York’s adult-use cannabis market launched in late 2022, and the operators that mattered locked their flower at the Hudson Valley sungrown sites and the
The 5 Las Vegas dispensaries worth the trip: Planet 13, Jardin, NuWu, The Source, Thrive Strip. Hours, prices, what we bought.
New York City has five OCM-licensed cannabis dispensaries worth crossing boroughs for. The other 200-plus storefronts on the city’s permitted list are mostly going through
The five Phoenix dispensaries worth the drive: Sunday Goods, Story Midtown, Mint Tempe, JARS 24th Street, and Nirvana North. Hours, prices, and what we bought.
Walk Portland’s SE cannabis corridor: 6 OLCC-licensed dispensaries from Buckman to SE 49th along Hawthorne and Belmont, plus picks and walking rules.
A 2.2-mile, five-stop walking tour of Denver’s South Broadway dispensary corridor, from Higher Grade in Speer to DENREC South Bannock in Overland.
A six-stop Brooklyn dispensary crawl across Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, and Bushwick. Every shop on the OCM CAURD list, ~2.5 miles of
A 6-stop Manhattan dispensary day trip by subway: Harlem to Tribeca through Times Square, Hell’s Kitchen, Chelsea, and Flatiron, with one signature product recommendation at
A 1.9-mile crawl through six OCM-licensed Manhattan dispensaries, from the Lower East Side to Union Square, with a single product recommendation at every stop.
The 10 Arizona cannabis brands that hold active AZDHS licenses, carry retail distribution at multiple dispensaries today, and earn their slot on a specific product
A ski-trip guide to legal cannabis at Lake Tahoe: five verified dispensaries on both the Nevada and California shores, plus three delivery services covering the
Ten currently licensed California cannabis brands across flower, vape, edibles, concentrates, beverage, and topical, each verified active in the Department of Cannabis Control database with
Ten currently-licensed Las Vegas dispensaries from the Strip to Henderson, with addresses, phone numbers, Nevada CCB license IDs, and what makes each one distinct.
I have smoked cannabis legally in more than a dozen countries and over ten US states. I have sat in Barcelona social clubs that required
HerbNJoy, The Artist Tree, and Wonderbrett serve Beverly Hills shoppers from across the city line. Hours, prices, founders, and the strain to ask for at
Santa Monica city limits hold exactly one fully-permitted cannabis dispensary, and the rest of the Westside fills in around it. The city’s restrictive zoning capped
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