Cannabis Regulations in Oregon (2026)
27 rules on the books across Oregon, 16 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
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.
Oregon: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsOregon legalizes marijuana retail statewide, but ORS 475C.950 lets a city or county adopt an ordinance, referred to its…
Read full rule →Beaverton
Significant RestrictionsBeaverton, Oregon zones marijuana dispensaries and retail marijuana sales out of every residential and downtown…
Read full rule →Benton County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Benton County zones commercial marijuana growing, processing and wholesaling into its Agricultural…
Read full rule →Gresham
Significant RestrictionsGresham confines marijuana dispensaries and retailers to specific commercial and industrial land use districts, and…
Read full rule →Josephine County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Josephine County allows marijuana producers, processors, wholesalers, retailers and labs to operate, but…
Read full rule →Lane County
Significant RestrictionsLane County has not opted out of marijuana businesses countywide, but it bans them outright in one district and…
Read full rule →Medford
Significant RestrictionsMedford Code Section 10.839 confines marijuana-related businesses to fully enclosed structures with no outdoor…
Read full rule →Multnomah County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Multnomah County, marijuana dispensing or retailing is allowed only in the specific base zones listed…
Read full rule →Portland
Significant RestrictionsPortland bars new medical dispensaries or marijuana retailers within 1,000 feet of another dispensary or retailer…
Read full rule →Salem
Significant RestrictionsSalem's Central Business District (CB) zone prohibits medical and recreational marijuana sales and transfers under…
Read full rule →Springfield
Significant RestrictionsMarijuana retail outlets in the City of Springfield, Oregon are confined to two zoning districts: Development Code…
Read full rule →Tigard
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Tigard, Oregon, marijuana facilities are prohibited in the MU-CBD and TMU zones, and open-to-the-public…
Read full rule →Bend
Some RestrictionsThe City of Bend has not opted out of marijuana businesses: Bend Code § 7.50.005 applies its operating-license chapter…
Read full rule →Eugene
Some RestrictionsEugene classifies a licensed marijuana retailer as a Specialty Store, permitted by right in the C-1, C-2, C-3 and GO…
Read full rule →Hillsboro
Some RestrictionsHillsboro confines marijuana production, processing, testing, and wholesale facilities to the I-G, I-P, SC-BP, and SCI…
Read full rule →Washington County
Some RestrictionsWashington County has not opted out of recreational marijuana. Retail Marijuana Facilities, covering both medical…
Read full rule →Buffer Zones
Required minimum distances between cannabis retailers and sensitive uses (schools, parks, day-cares), and between cannabis retailers themselves.
Albany
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Albany, Oregon, marijuana uses cannot operate or locate within 300 feet of property zoned Residential…
Read full rule →Gresham
Significant RestrictionsGresham won't register or renew a marijuana business within 1,000 feet of a school, child care facility, park, or…
Read full rule →Hillsboro
Significant RestrictionsHillsboro requires marijuana retail sales facilities to sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, other marijuana…
Read full rule →Tigard
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Tigard, Oregon, marijuana facilities are prohibited within 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary…
Read full rule →Beaverton
Some RestrictionsBeaverton's Development Code keeps new retail marijuana sales 1,000 feet from any existing dispensary or retailer: a…
Read full rule →Josephine County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Josephine County keeps new or relocated marijuana retail and dispensary sites 1,000 feet from any…
Read full rule →Lane County
Some RestrictionsLane County's marijuana rules measure buffers from property lines and neighboring dwellings, not from schools or parks…
Read full rule →Multnomah County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Multnomah County requires every Marijuana Business, production, processing, wholesaling, dispensing or…
Read full rule →Portland
Some RestrictionsPortland marijuana dispensaries and retailers must sit at least 1,000 feet from any school and 1,000 feet from another…
Read full rule →Springfield
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Springfield, Oregon, a Marijuana Retail Outlet cannot locate within 1,000 feet of a school attended…
Read full rule →Washington County
Some RestrictionsBeyond state licensing requirements, Washington County's own code keeps retail marijuana facilities in the…
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