A Cannabis Delivery Service can be a part of a retailer license or an add-on license that allows retailers to deliver cannabis and cannabis products to consumers. Currently, cannabis delivery is legal in 20 states – Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah and Virginia.
Medical cannabis delivery is permitted and dispensaries can partake in delivery provided they follow the controlled substances prescription monitoring program and medical cannabis program laws established by the Department of Health Services.
The state prohibits recreational cannabis delivery, however, Sections 36-2850 and 36-2854 of the Arizona Revised Statutes permit adult-use cannabis delivery once ADHS promulgates the rules for regulating cannabis delivery.
Qualifying patients and designated caregivers in the state can pick up medical cannabis products at the dispensary or get home delivery. The law also allows dispensaries to serve qualifying patients from other states as long as they provide ID and their medical cannabis card.
Delivery of both medical and recreational cannabis has been legal for over a decade. A non-storefront retailer sells cannabis products to customers only through delivery. Cities and counties may set their own rules, and some choose to ban the cannabis business.
Micro-cultivators, dispensary facilities, hybrid retailers and retailers may deliver their own products or use a delivery service to deliver cannabis and cannabis products to consumers, qualifying patients and caregivers. Once there are five licensed delivery services operating in the state, these establishments may no longer delivery their own products and must use a delivery service to deliver cannabis and cannabis products to consumers, qualifying patients and caregivers.
Medical Cannabis Delivery Endorsement permits medical cannabis, medical cannabis products, and paraphernalia to be delivered to eligible patients and their caregivers at residential and commercial building addresses located in the District that are not on District government or Federal property or picked up curbside at the retailer’s physical location. Licensed retailers must submit a Medical Cannabis Endorsement Application to add the permission.
Registered Compassion Centers may conduct home deliveries to patients with prior approval from the Office of Medical Marijuana.
Medical cannabis delivery is allowed for registered patients. Only licensed medical marijuana treatment centers can offer cannabis delivery services in the state to registered Florida patients.
In December 2022, the governor of Illinois said he is open to the idea of allowing cannabis home delivery in Illinois.
Maine permits medical cannabis delivery and recently enacted rules to allow adult use delivery as well as curbside pickup. Medical and recreational cannabis dispensaries are allowed to deliver to individuals over the age of 21 with a valid license even, to addresses not located in a designated “safe zone” if the business procures a special license for delivery and transport.
Medical cannabis can be purchased and delivered. Adult-use cannabis businesses can also apply for a micro-dispensary license, which would enable them to run a delivery service without having a physical storefront. The first of these licenses is set to be awarded by January 1, 2024.
In 2020, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control developed a delivery program. Delivery operators are allowed to purchase cannabis and cannabis products from licensed cultivators and manufacturers and sell and deliver to consumers. Cannabis delivery operators may securely store on its premises cannabis and cannabis products that have been purchased at wholesale for eventual resale to consumers.
Both medical and recreational cannabis may be delivered in Michigan by cannabis retailers to customers’ physical residence or an adult-use designated consumption establishment, aka social lounges that allow smoking and vaping.
A cannabis delivery license in Minnesota allows the license holder to purchase cannabis products from licensed retailers and microbusinesses with an endorsement to sell cannabis products to customers, and can then transport and deliver cannabis products to customers.
After Missouri voters approved Amendment 3 on November 8, 2022, legalizing the recreational use of cannabis for adults 21 and older, both medical and recreational cannabis may be delivered.
Sales facilities can deliver to medical patients, caregivers, and adult-use consumers (only to private residences). Delivery can be done by the sales facility or an authorized third-party delivery licensee.
New York allows medical cannabis delivery to patients and caregivers. A New York cannabis delivery license allows for the delivery of recreational cannabis and cannabis products by licensees independent of another adult-use cannabis license.
The Division of Cannabis Control has nine months from the November 2023 legalization of recreational cannabis to establish regulations for delivery and online and mobile ordering for dispensaries.
Medical and recreational cannabis delivery are both permitted. Cities and counties can opt-in to allow cannabis home deliveries from adjacent jurisdictions. Deliveries must be made only by employees of the retail locations.
Medical and recreational cannabis delivery are both permitted. Recreational cannabis delivery service became available in 2023.
Medical cannabis delivery services are permitted in Utah by pharmacy licensee with a home delivery designation to a cardholder.
Medical cannabis delivery services became legal under the provisions of HB 933 for patient and caregivers registered with the state and with a valid written medical cannabis certification.
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