Cannabis Regulations in Florida (2026)

Florida prohibits home cultivation of cannabis for both recreational and medical use; only state-licensed Medical…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Apopka and statewide. Florida allows only medical marijuana dispensed by…

Florida law makes home cultivation of medical marijuana a crime everywhere in Bay County, including the unincorporated…

Home cultivation of cannabis is prohibited in Cape Coral. Florida law allows only medical marijuana through licensed…

Home cannabis cultivation is illegal throughout Charlotte County. Florida allows medical marijuana only, and even…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Clearwater under Florida Statute 381.986, which limits qualified patients to…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Florida. Florida law does not permit patients or caregivers to grow…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Coral Springs under Florida state law. Florida Statute §893.13 criminalizes…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Florida. The state permits only medical marijuana sold through licensed…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Doral and throughout Florida. Florida law does not permit personal…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Fort Lauderdale and throughout Florida. Only state-licensed cultivators…

Growing cannabis at home is a felony in Hernando County. Florida allows medical marijuana only through state-licensed…

Florida law, not county code, controls this: Fla. Stat. § 381.986(11) preempts cultivation regulation entirely to the…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Florida. Florida has a medical marijuana program (FL Statute Section…

Growing cannabis at home is a felony in Indian River County. Florida allows medical marijuana only through…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Florida. Recreational marijuana remains prohibited statewide: a 2024 ballot…

Home cultivation of cannabis is ILLEGAL in Jupiter and throughout Florida. Florida Medical Marijuana program (Amendment…

Home cultivation of cannabis remains illegal throughout Florida, including Largo, regardless of medical marijuana…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Miami Beach and throughout Florida. Florida law only permits medical…

Home cultivation of cannabis is prohibited in Miami Gardens and throughout Florida. Only licensed Medical Marijuana…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Florida regardless of medical marijuana patient status. Florida's medical…

Home cultivation of cannabis is prohibited in Florida, including Ocoee. Florida only permits medical marijuana through…

Growing cannabis at home anywhere in Okaloosa County, including the unincorporated area and Destin's beach…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal throughout Florida including Orange County. Florida permits only medical…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Florida. State law (FL Statutes Ch. 381 and Ch. 893) restricts cannabis to…

Home cultivation of cannabis is prohibited in Florida. Only state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers may…

Home cannabis cultivation is illegal in Pasco County for all residents including medical patients. Florida §381.986…

Home cultivation of cannabis is prohibited in Florida. FL Statute 381.986 does not authorize personal cultivation by…

Home cannabis cultivation is illegal throughout Pinellas County under Florida Statute 381.986, which channels all…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Pinellas Park under Florida law. Even registered medical marijuana patients…

Home cannabis cultivation illegal in Florida including Plant City. Medical marijuana patients must purchase from…

Home cultivation of cannabis is prohibited in Florida. FL Statute 381.986 does not authorize personal cultivation by…

Florida law prohibits all home cultivation of cannabis, including by registered medical patients. Safety Harbor follows…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in St. Petersburg under Florida Statute 381.986 and FS 893.13, with no city…

Home cannabis cultivation is illegal throughout Sunrise. Florida allows medical marijuana only, and even registered…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Florida. Florida's medical marijuana program (Amendment 2) allows qualifying…

Florida Statute 893.13 makes cultivating cannabis a third-degree felony statewide, with no carve-out for medical…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal statewide in Florida including Temple Terrace. Medical marijuana patients must…

Florida prohibits all home cultivation of cannabis, including for medical patients, under FL §381.986. Only licensed…

Florida preempts local regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries: cities must either treat them like pharmacies or…

Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers in Boynton Beach are regulated under FL §381.986 and zoned as pharmacies. The city…

Unincorporated Collier County bans medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities outright: Sec. 26-414…

Cannabis dispensaries are heavily restricted in Coral Gables through strict local zoning regulations. Miami-Dade County…

Under FL §381.986, municipalities must either ban all Medical Marijuana Treatment Center dispensaries or allow them…

Doral does not currently have licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTC) dispensaries operating within city…

Unincorporated Flagler County bans medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities outright. Land Development…

Fort Lauderdale permits medical marijuana dispensaries only in B-1 (Boulevard Business), B-2 (General Business), and…

Medical marijuana treatment centers (dispensaries) in Jacksonville are regulated under state law and local zoning…

Jupiter Town Code § 27-477 bans medical marijuana treatment center dispensaries anywhere within town limits, using…

Kissimmee bans medical marijuana treatment centers outright: no dispensing, cultivation, or processing facility may…

Unincorporated Lake County bars every Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Dispensing Facility from opening or operating…

Melbourne's zoning code prohibits medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities outright. Both Table 1A and…

Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTC) dispensaries in Ocoee are regulated consistent with FL §381.986(11), which…

Orlando regulates medical marijuana dispensary locations through zoning restrictions in the Land Development Code…

Palm Bay bans medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities anywhere within city limits, using the local…

Pembroke Pines prohibits medical marijuana dispensing facilities everywhere within city limits. Section 155.516…

Florida preempts local zoning of Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers. MMTCs must be allowed anywhere pharmacies are…

Plantation prohibits Medical Marijuana Treatment Center dispensing facilities anywhere within city limits. City Code §…

Pompano Beach prohibits medical marijuana dispensing retail establishments under Section 115.28 of the Code of…

St. Johns County prohibits Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Dispensing Facilities in every zoning district, including…

Sumter County Code § 13-565 blocks any new medical cannabis dispensary from opening in the unincorporated county…

Florida preempts local regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries: cities must either allow MMTCs in any zone…

West Palm Beach prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries citywide. Sec. 94-611 of the Zoning and Land Development…

Alachua County confines medical marijuana dispensaries to six commercial and health/medical zoning districts, BR, BR-1…

Boca Raton only allows marijuana-related retail as a licensed medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility of…

Dade City confines Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers to its Commercial General (CG) zoning district under Table 4.1-2…

The Town of Davie confines medical marijuana dispensing facilities to the WT & B-2 commercial district and…

Deltona allows medical marijuana dispensaries only as a conditional use in the C-1, C-2, and C-3 commercial zoning…

Medical marijuana dispensing facilities may open only as a conditional use in Hillsborough County's CN, CG, CI and M…

Osceola County caps medical marijuana treatment centers at one certificate of approval per 100,000 residents, and even…

Tampa's zoning table restricts where medical marijuana dispensaries and processing facilities may locate. Note 16 to…

Titusville allows medical marijuana dispensing facilities, defined as state-licensed under F.S. § 381.986, only with…

Medical marijuana dispensing facilities are permitted outright only in Winter Haven's C-3 and C-4 commercial districts…

Florida preempts local regulation of MMTC dispensary operations under FL 381.986(11). Cities may only zone dispensaries…

Only medical marijuana dispensaries are allowed. Under Fla. Stat. §381.986(11), Bay County and its cities may ban…

Brevard County permits Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers (MMTCs) in commercial zones under FL §381.986 preemption…

Only medical marijuana dispensaries are allowed. Under Fla. Stat. §381.986(11), Charlotte County and Punta Gorda may…

In unincorporated Citrus County, a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center cannot sit within 500 feet of any public or…

Clearwater allows licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers in any zoning district that permits pharmacies, as…

Coral Springs initially banned medical marijuana dispensaries through Ordinance 2017-124 but reversed course in 2019…

Escambia County has not opted out of medical marijuana dispensaries: Land Development Code Sec. 3-1.4(j) sets the…

Gainesville's land development code defines a medical marijuana dispensing facility and allows it by right in the…

Gulfport's zoning code lists 'medical marijuana dispensing facilities' as a permitted principal use, by right, in the…

Hernando County decides whether medical marijuana dispensaries open within its borders. Fla. Stat. §381.986 lets a…

Hollywood treats a medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility as a pharmacy under its zoning code, so it…

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Homestead must comply with local zoning requirements and state licensing through the…

Indian River County decides whether medical marijuana dispensaries open within its borders. Fla. Stat. §381.986 lets a…

Lakeland permits licensed medical cannabis dispensaries in designated zones. Buffer requirements from schools and…

Largo regulates Medical Marijuana Treatment Center dispensing facilities through Comprehensive Development Code…

Leon County treats a medical marijuana dispensing facility as a permissible use in any zoning district that already…

Martin County allows medical marijuana treatment center (MMTC) dispensing facilities as a permitted use in any zoning…

Miami-Dade treats Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers as pharmacies under FL §381.986 pharmacy parity. Retail…

Unincorporated Nassau County allows medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities as a permitted use in the…

New Port Richey requires medical marijuana dispensing facilities in its C-1 district to meet a 30-foot front setback…

Medical marijuana dispensing facilities may operate in unincorporated Okaloosa County under siting rules the county…

Orange County allows medical-marijuana dispensing facilities in the unincorporated area, but only for a Medical…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County treats medical marijuana dispensaries as a retail sales use, but bars them within 500…

Pasco County permits state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers (MMTCs) in C-2 commercial zones with…

Pinellas County treats medical marijuana dispensing facilities as pharmacies under Florida Statute 381.986, applying…

Pinellas Park regulates Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers under its Land Development Code, mirroring Florida's…

Port St. Lucie allows Medical Marijuana Dispensing Facilities as a permitted use in the General Commercial (CG) and…

Safety Harbor allows licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers wherever pharmacies are permitted, and processing or…

Sarasota County allows Medical Marijuana Dispensaries as a standards-based permitted use across its Unified Development…

In the City of Satellite Beach, medical marijuana treatment centers and their dispensing facilities may locate only in…

Only medical marijuana dispensaries are allowed. Under Fla. Stat. §381.986(11), Sunrise may ban dispensaries or apply…

Under Florida Statute 381.986, Tarpon Springs must regulate medical marijuana dispensaries the same as pharmacies; the…

Florida preempts local dispensary zoning under FL §381.986: MMTCs must be treated as standard pharmacies. Volusia…

City of Sarasota allows medical marijuana dispensaries only in the same zone districts where pharmacies are a permitted…

Port Orange treats a licensed medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility as a 'retail pharmacy' under its…

Florida's MMTC license framework has no social equity tier comparable to Illinois or California. The Pigford applicant…

Florida preempts most local cannabis regulation under FL §381.986. Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers must locate at…

Boca Raton bars a new medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility or retail pharmacy from locating within…

Cocoa bars a medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility from locating within five hundred feet of any…

Hollywood bars a medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility from locating within 500 feet of any public or…

Sarasota County keeps medical marijuana dispensaries away from places children and worshippers gather. UDC Sec…

Titusville bars a medical marijuana dispensing facility from locating within 500 feet of any elementary, middle or…

Alachua County allows medical marijuana dispensaries only as a limited use in the BR, BR-1, BH, BA, BA-1, and HM zoning…

In unincorporated Citrus County, a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center cannot locate within 500 feet of the real…

Deltona bans medical marijuana dispensaries within 500 feet of any school or another dispensary, with distances…

Hillsborough County bars medical marijuana dispensing facilities from locating within 500 feet of any public or private…

Medical marijuana dispensing, cultivating, and processing facilities must sit at least 500 feet from any existing…

LDR Section 3.77.1 lets a medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility locate in any zoning district that…

Retail hemp establishments and smoke shops can't open within 1,000 feet of any public or private school, park…

Unincorporated Nassau County bars medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities from locating within 500…

New Port Richey bars medical marijuana dispensing facilities within 500 feet of a public or private elementary, middle…

Okaloosa County bars medical marijuana dispensing facilities and treatment centers from operating within 500 feet of…

Medical marijuana cultivation, processing, and dispensing facilities in unincorporated Orange County must sit at least…

Florida Statute Section 381.986(8) requires Medical Marijuana Treatment Center dispensaries to sit at least 500 feet…

Osceola County bars a medical marijuana treatment center from locating within 250 feet of any school or licensed…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County keeps medical marijuana dispensing facilities at least 500 feet from any existing…

Medical Marijuana Dispensing Facilities in Port St. Lucie must sit at least 500 feet from any existing public or…

City of Sarasota requires medical marijuana dispensaries to sit at least 500 feet from any elementary, middle, or…

In the City of Satellite Beach, a medical marijuana treatment center's cultivation, processing or dispensing facility…

Florida law (FL §381.986(11)) requires Tampa to allow medical cannabis dispensaries in any zone where pharmacies are…

Winter Haven bars medical marijuana dispensing facilities from locating within 500 feet of any public or private…

Florida MMTCs may deliver medical marijuana directly to qualified patients and caregivers anywhere in the state under…

Florida only allows medical cannabis delivery by Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers (MMTCs) licensed under FL…

Florida prohibits all home cultivation of cannabis. Even qualified medical patients under FL §381.986 must purchase…

Florida prohibits all personal cannabis cultivation, including for registered medical patients. Only state-licensed…