Read the state entry before you check out
Cannabis law is state law. Federal law legalized hemp, not cannabis. A product legal at home can be illegal one state over. Read the map entry for your shipping address and your use address before you pay.
Two products sit on the same shelf and follow different rules. Hemp-derived CBD at or below 0.3% delta-9 THC on a dry weight basis is legal under the 2018 Farm Bill. Cannabis flower and high-THC extracts are not. State maps track the second group. A CBD order falls under the first group plus state hemp rules.
cannabis laws by state map poster
What the state map shows
- Medical status. Does the state run a licensed program, and does it require a patient card?
- Adult-use status. Age 21 and older sales, licensed stores, possession limits in ounces or grams.
- Hemp rules. Separate from cannabis law. Idaho bars hemp products that contain any THC. New York requires a state hemp license for processors.
- Tax. State excise tax plus local sales tax, added at the register.
Parameters to confirm
- Age and ID. 21 and older for adult use. 18 and older with a medical card in most programs.
- COA. Batch number, lab name, delta-9 THC result, cannabinoid panel, pesticide and heavy metal screens.
- Possession limit. Often 1 oz flower or 5 g concentrate per adult.
- Payment. Cash or debit. Card networks block cannabis merchants.
Pitfalls
- Moving product across state lines. Illegal under federal law, even between two legal states.
- Buying hemp-derived delta-8 or delta-10. Several states ban or restrict these compounds.
- Trusting a full spectrum label to list THC content. It often does not.
- Ordering hemp extract to a state that bans it in food or supplements.
If the label has no batch COA, skip the purchase.