Legal Guidelines
Alabama Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 2.2 pounds is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences imposed for sales and cultivation charges.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Alaska Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with no penalties whatsoever.
- Medical usage passed.
Arizona Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 2 pounds can be a misdemeanor or a felony.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
Arkansas Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage not passed.
California Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a civil infraction with no jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
Colorado Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a petty offense with no jail time and a maximum $100 fine.
- Medical usage passed.
Connecticut Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 4 oz is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Just about everything else is a felony.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Delaware Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 6-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
District of Columbia Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 6-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage passed.
Florida Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 20 grams is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
Georgia Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Hawaii Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with a 1-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
Idaho Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 3 oz is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Illinois Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 30 grams is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
Indiana Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 30 grams is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Iowa Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 6-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Kansas Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Kentucky Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Louisiana Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 6-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum felony sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Maine Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 2.5 oz is a civil violation with no jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
Maryland Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with no jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
Massachusetts Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with no jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Michigan Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
Minnesota Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 42.5 grams is a misdemeanor with no jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Mississippi Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 30 grams is a misdemeanor with no jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
Missouri Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 35 grams is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Montana Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than is a misdemeanor with a -month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
Nebraska Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1oz is a civil offense with no jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Nevada Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with no jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
New Hampshire Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
New Jersey Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 50 grams is a misdemeanor with a 6-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage passed.
New Mexico Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 8 oz is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
New York Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 8 oz is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
North Carolina Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 ½ oz is a misdemeanor with a 4-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
North Dakota Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage not passed.
Ohio Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 200 grams is a misdemeanor with a 1-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
Oklahoma Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Oregon Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with no jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
Pennsylvania Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 30 grams is a misdemeanor with a 1-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
Rhode Island Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 kilogram is a misdemeanor with no jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
South Carolina Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with a 1-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
South Dakota Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 2 oz is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
Tennessee Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Texas Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 2 oz is a class-B misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Utah Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 1 oz is a misdemeanor with a 6-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
- Tax stamp laws in effect.
Vermont Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 2 oz is a misdemeanor with a 6-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage passed.
Virginia Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 1-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
Washington Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 40 grams is a misdemeanor with a 3-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage passed.
West Virginia Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 6-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Active hemp industry.
- Medical usage not passed.
Wisconsin Marijuana Laws
- Possession of any amount is a misdemeanor with a 6-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Medical usage not passed.
- Drugged driving laws in effect.
Wyoming Marijuana Laws
- Possession of less than 3 oz is a misdemeanor with a 12-month maximum jail sentence possible.
- Mandatory minimum sentences.
- Medical usage not passed.