Cannabis Regulations in Massachusetts (2026)

Massachusetts preempts local bans on personal cannabis cultivation under MGL c.94G §7, allowing adults 21+ to grow up…

Massachusetts legalized recreational cannabis in 2016 under MGL c.94G. Adults 21+ may cultivate up to 6 marijuana…

Adults 21+ in Bristol County can grow up to 6 cannabis plants (12 per household) under MGL c. 94G §7. Plants must be…

Norfolk County does not regulate cannabis. Under MA state law (MGL c. 94G §7), adults 21+ may grow up to 6 plants per…

Home cultivation is legal across Plymouth County. An adult 21 or older may grow up to 6 marijuana plants for personal…

Massachusetts lets each city and town zone the time, place and manner of cannabis retailers and cap their number, but a…

Boston regulates cannabis retail establishments through the Boston Cannabis Board (CBC Ord. §8-13) and zoning approval…

In the City of Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, the Zoning Ordinance prohibits the operation of any marijuana…

Lawrence bans every category of licensed marijuana business citywide. Chapter 5.85, enacted in 2017, prohibits…

Lynn's Zoning Ordinance forbids every licensed recreational cannabis establishment citywide, in every zoning district…

Revere prohibits every type of non-medical marijuana establishment citywide, including cultivators, testing labs…

Southborough prohibits the operation of any marijuana establishment in all zoning districts under § 53-1, with an…

Waltham regulates cannabis establishments under local zoning, requiring special permits, host community agreements, and…

Brockton has not opted out of adult-use marijuana. Cultivators, product manufacturers, testing labs, transporters and…

Chelsea's zoning use table allows a marijuana retailer only by special permit, and only in the BR, BR2, BH, SC and I…

In the City of Chicopee, Massachusetts, adult use marijuana establishments need a special permit from the City Council…

In the City of Framingham, marijuana retailers may operate only inside the Marijuana Retail Overlay Zoning District…

Haverhill has not opted out of adult-use marijuana. City Code § 9.7 confines every licensed marijuana establishment to…

Leominster confines marijuana facilities to the Industrial zoning district, and only by special permit from the city…

Medford limits marijuana retailers to the C2 and Industrial Zoning Districts under Section 94-7.6.15, capping retail…

In the City of Methuen, Massachusetts, a registered marijuana dispensary or off-site medical marijuana dispensary needs…

New Bedford's Zoning Ordinance restricts marijuana establishments and medical marijuana treatment centers to Industrial…

Newton has not opted out of cannabis retail: Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers and Marijuana Retailers may locate…

Quincy caps marijuana retailers at 20% of its liquor license count, requires a special permit and mayoral host…

Somerville has not opted out of adult-use marijuana retail, but every cannabis retail site needs a Special Permit under…

Springfield allows adult-use marijuana retailers only in Business A, B, C, Riverfront, Industrial Park and Industrial A…

Taunton's marijuana ordinance reduces the state's default 500-foot school buffer to zero feet for parcels in the…

Cannabis retailers in Bristol County operate under CCC licensing (935 CMR 500). Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton…

Cambridge permits licensed recreational and medical cannabis dispensaries under the city cannabis ordinance and zoning…

Norfolk County does not zone dispensaries. Each municipality decides host community agreements and zoning under MGL c…

Marijuana dispensary siting is a town decision, not a county one. Under MGL c.94G §3 each Plymouth County community…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 31 of the Zoning Ordinance keeps a registered medical marijuana…

Boston's zoning code forbids cannabis establishments outright in Residential and H districts and treats them as a…

Brockton bars a marijuana retail establishment from locating within 500 feet of another existing or permitted marijuana…

In the City of Chicopee, Massachusetts, Chicopee Code § 275-72(D) keeps adult use marijuana retailers and cultivators…

The City of Framingham's Board of Health will not issue a marijuana operating permit to any establishment sited within…

Leominster keeps marijuana facilities, medical and recreational alike, at least five hundred feet from any school…

Lynn bars a registered cannabis dispensary from locating within 500 feet of any residential district, playground…

In the City of Methuen, Massachusetts, no registered marijuana dispensary or off-site medical marijuana dispensary can…

New Bedford confines marijuana establishments and medical marijuana treatment centers to Industrial Districts A, B and…

Newton keeps Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers and Marijuana Retailers at least 500 feet from any existing K-12…

Quincy bars marijuana establishments within 1,500 feet of any residential district and within 500 feet of schools…

Revere's zoning table keeps medical marijuana treatment centers 400 feet from residential uses, parks, playgrounds…

Worcester bars a Marijuana Retailer license within 500 feet of a school, licensed daycare, public library, park or…

Cambridge bars a Cannabis Retail Store or Production Facility from locating within 300 feet of a pre-existing school or…

Outside the Waterfront District, City Code § 9.7.4 bars any licensed marijuana establishment from locating within 500…

Medford bars a marijuana establishment from locating within 500 feet of a pre-existing public or private school…

Springfield bars adult-use marijuana establishments within 500 feet of K-12 schools, 250 feet of homes or residential…

Taunton's Zoning Ordinance bars any marijuana retailer from locating within 500 feet of another marijuana retailer…

Adults 21 and over in Boston may grow up to six cannabis plants per person and twelve per household under MGL Chapter…