Cannabis Regulations in Cambridge, MA (2026)
2 verified cannabis regulations for Cambridge, Massachusetts, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Dispensary Zoning
Cambridge permits licensed recreational and medical cannabis dispensaries under the city cannabis ordinance and zoning, with buffer zones from schools and a Host Community Agreement required.
Cambridge Cannabis Dispensary Zoning
Some RestrictionsMass. Gen. Laws ch. 94G, § 3 (Local Control of Marijuana Establishments)
Section 3. Local control (a) A city or town may adopt ordinances and by-laws that impose reasonable safeguards on the operation of marijuana establishments, provided they are not unreasonably impracticable and are not in conflict with this chapter or with regulations made pursuant to this chapter and that: (1) govern the time, place and manner of marijuana establishment operations and of any bu...
Buffer Zones
Cambridge bars a Cannabis Retail Store or Production Facility from locating within 300 feet of a pre-existing school or public playground, and keeps competing retail stores 1,800 feet apart, unless the Planning Board grants a special-permit reduction on site-specific findings.
Cambridge Cannabis Buffer Zone Rules
Some RestrictionsCambridge Zoning Ordinance § 11.803.4
11.803.4 Buffer Zones. (a) A Cannabis Retail Store or Cannabis Production Facility shall not be permitted within 300 feet of a pre-existing public or private school providing education in kindergarten or any of grades one through 12, except where the Planning Board, in issuing a special permit, approves a reduced distance upon finding that the location will cause no substantial adverse impact d...