Cannabis Regulations in Washington (2026)

Washington uniquely prohibits recreational home cultivation of cannabis statewide, with cultivation only permitted by…

Recreational cannabis is legal to buy and use in Washington, but growing it at home is illegal statewide, including in…

Home cannabis cultivation in unincorporated Whatcom County is governed entirely by Washington's medical cannabis…

Unincorporated Yakima County follows Washington's state medical cannabis law, RCW 69.51A.210, for home cultivation. A…

Washington's Liquor and Cannabis Board licenses cannabis retailers and imposes statewide 1,000-foot buffers from…

Benton County prohibits retail marijuana sales in every unincorporated zoning district under BCC 11.42.130(c)…

Federal Way bans all cannabis retail, production, and processing businesses citywide under FWRC 19.280.010 following a…

Unincorporated Franklin County bans marijuana production, processing and retailing outright. Section 17.66.025 of the…

Kennewick prohibits the production, processing, and retail sale of marijuana and marijuana-infused products in every…

Kent bans new cannabis retail, production, and processing businesses citywide under KCC 15.08 after a 2014 moratorium…

Lakewood, Washington bans every marijuana business citywide, including dispensaries, collective gardens, cooperatives…

Marysville prohibits marijuana dispensaries, collective gardens, and cooperatives outright in every zoning district in…

Puyallup prohibits marijuana producers, processors, and retailers in every zoning district in the city under PMC §…

Redmond allows licensed cannabis retailers in limited commercial zones under RMC 21.08 with a 1,000-foot buffer from…

Renton permits licensed cannabis retailers in limited commercial zones with state-required buffers from schools, parks…

Spokane Valley's zoning code flatly states that 'new marijuana sales shall not be permitted within any zoning…

Yakima County Code Section 19.30.030(7) bans marijuana production, processing and retail sales outright in every zoning…

Auburn caps marijuana retail stores at four citywide, requires them to sit at least one mile apart, at least 1,320 feet…

Cowlitz County limits recreational marijuana retail stores to certain zoning designations under CCC § 18.76.060. A…

Edmonds confines licensed marijuana producers and processors to the CG general commercial zone and licensed retailers…

Grant County has not opted out of state-licensed marijuana retail, production, or processing, but the Unified…

Kitsap County has no cannabis opt-out or ban; a marijuana retailer may locate in unincorporated Kitsap County only at a…

Pasco caps state-licensed cannabis retail stores at three citywide, or four if one holder is a social equity licensee…

Pierce County has not opted out of state-licensed marijuana retail. Retail outlets are allowed, but only through a…

SMC 23.42.058 bans major cannabis activity, production, processing, or retail sale, in neighborhood residential and…

In unincorporated Skagit County, marijuana production, processing and retail facilities may locate only where the…

Spokane County allows but tightly zones marijuana retail: the use-tables in Title 14 permit it only in Regional…

Yakima bars marijuana retailers from residential zones and requires a 1,000-foot buffer from schools, parks…

Everett confines marijuana retail stores to MU, LI-MU, LI, and HI zones, with a 2,500-foot separation between stores…

Unincorporated King County has not opted out of retail cannabis: the zoning code permits cannabis retailers under King…

Kirkland lets licensed marijuana retailers operate but boxes them in with location rules: a hard 100-foot buffer from…

Retail marijuana outlets are permitted outright in all of Port Townsend's commercial zones; production and processing…

Unincorporated Snohomish County allows marijuana production, processing, and retail sales; it never opted out under…

Spokane allows licensed cannabis retailers only in commercial and industrial zones, at least 1,000 feet from schools…

Tacoma has not opted out of marijuana retail: stores are zoned into all downtown districts and M-1/M-2 industrial…

Thurston County has not opted out of state-legal marijuana: Thurston County Code Section 20.63.040 permits producers…

Unlike some Washington counties, unincorporated Whatcom County allows licensed cannabis retail in designated commercial…

State law and King County Code require licensed cannabis retailers, producers, and processors to sit at least 1000 feet…

Washington RCW 69.50.331 requires cannabis retailers to sit at least 1,000 feet from elementary and secondary schools…

Tacoma cannabis retailers must sit at least 1,000 feet from elementary and secondary schools, playgrounds, recreation…

Auburn requires marijuana retailers to sit at least 1,320 feet from residential zones and one mile from another…

Unincorporated Cowlitz County sets distance buffers for recreational marijuana facilities under CCC § 18.76.070(C)…

Outdoor marijuana production in unincorporated Grant County must sit at least 500 yards from urban growth boundaries…

Lynnwood caps retail cannabis stores at four citywide and keeps them 1,000 feet from schools and playgrounds, and 100…

Pasco requires cannabis retail stores to sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, playgrounds, parks, libraries, transit…

Unincorporated Pierce County keeps marijuana-licensed businesses 1,000 feet away from schools, parks, playgrounds…

Unincorporated Skagit County sets no fixed buffer distance for marijuana facilities. SCC 14.18.262(8)(b) instead…

Licensed marijuana production on Large Tract Agricultural, Small Tract Agricultural and Forest Lands parcels in…

Spokane Valley keeps licensed marijuana production at least 1,000 feet from vacant school- and library-district land…

In the Rural and Agriculture zoning districts, a cannabis production or processing facility cannot sit within 1,000…

Yakima bars marijuana producers, processors, researchers, and retailers from locating within one thousand feet of…

Everett bars marijuana producers and processors from locating within 1,000 feet of residential zones, schools, parks…

Kirkland applies the state's marijuana buffer rule from licensed child care centers: retailers can locate within 1,000…

Kitsap County requires every state-licensed marijuana producer, processor and retailer to sit at least one thousand…

Marijuana production and processing facilities in unincorporated Snohomish County must sit back from every property…

Thurston County bars marijuana producers, processors and retailers from locating within 1,000 feet of any WAC…