Cannabis Regulations in New Mexico (2026)
16 rules on the books across New Mexico, 7 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Home Cultivation
Rules for growing cannabis plants at home, including plant count limits, indoor vs. outdoor growing, and visibility and odor requirements.
New Mexico: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsThe New Mexico Cannabis Regulation Act allows adults 21 and older to grow up to six mature and six immature cannabis…
Read full rule →Albuquerque
Few RestrictionsNew Mexico legalized recreational cannabis under the Cannabis Regulation Act (2021), which permits adults 21 and older…
Read full rule →Dispensary Zoning
Where cannabis businesses may locate, the zones that allow retail, the buffer distances from schools and parks, and the cities that ban commercial cannabis activity entirely.
New Mexico: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsThe Cannabis Regulation Act preempts outright bans on cannabis retailers but lets local governments set time, place…
Read full rule →Las Cruces
Heavy RestrictionsLas Cruces allows cannabis retailers as a conditional use in the C-1, C-2, and C-3 commercial zones. Each must sit at…
Read full rule →Dona Ana County
Significant RestrictionsDoña Ana County confines new cannabis retailers to the T4 zone, and only where an established retail business already…
Read full rule →Rio Rancho
Significant RestrictionsRio Rancho confines retail cannabis to C-1 Retail Commercial districts and all other cannabis establishments to M-1…
Read full rule →Albuquerque
Some RestrictionsAlbuquerque's Integrated Development Ordinance allows cannabis retail as a zoning use wherever Table 4-2-1 permits it…
Read full rule →Bernalillo County
Some RestrictionsBernalillo County has not opted out of cannabis retail: § 22.4.20 lets cannabis retailers, couriers, and lounges locate…
Read full rule →Sandoval County
Some RestrictionsSandoval County allows cannabis retail only on unincorporated county land, not inside any city, Pueblo, or federal or…
Read full rule →Santa Fe
Some RestrictionsSanta Fe permits cannabis establishments only where Table 14-6.1-1 of the Land Development Code lists them as an…
Read full rule →Buffer Zones
Required minimum distances between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses (schools, parks, day-cares), and between cannabis retailers themselves.
Dona Ana County
Significant RestrictionsNo cannabis establishment, consumption area, or courier can locate within 300 feet of a residential area, a K-12…
Read full rule →Rio Rancho
Significant RestrictionsRio Rancho bars cannabis establishments within 300 feet of childcare centers, schools, churches, residential zones, and…
Read full rule →Albuquerque
Some RestrictionsAlbuquerque's zoning code keeps new cannabis retail stores apart from each other and away from schools: the Integrated…
Read full rule →Bernalillo County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Bernalillo County requires cannabis retailers, lounges, couriers, and manufacturers to sit at least 300…
Read full rule →Sandoval County
Some RestrictionsCannabis retailers in unincorporated Sandoval County must stay 300 feet from any school or daycare center. Section…
Read full rule →Santa Fe
Some RestrictionsSanta Fe bars a cannabis establishment from operating within 300 feet of any preschool, daycare center, elementary or…
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