Wyoming Statewide Rule
Wyoming Bars Marijuana Dispensaries Under State Law
Key Facts
- Dispensaries
- Not authorized
- Delivery penalty
- Felony, up to 10 years
- Hemp CBD
- <0.3% THC allowed
- Statute
- Wyo. Stat. §§ 35-7-1031, 35-7-1014
- Local authority
- Cannot override state law
Summary
Wyoming has no legal framework for marijuana dispensaries. State law prohibits the sale, distribution, and commercial cultivation of cannabis, preventing any Wyoming city or county from licensing or zoning marijuana retail establishments.
35-7-1040. Planting, cultivating or processing marihuana, peyote or opium poppy. Any person who knowingly or intentionally plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes any marihuana, peyote, or opium poppy except as otherwise provided by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months in the county jail or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Full Breakdown
Wyoming has no statutory framework authorizing marijuana dispensaries. Wyo. Stat. § 35-7-1031 makes the delivery, sale, or possession with intent to deliver marijuana a felony, and § 35-7-1014 lists marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance. Because no state licensing pathway exists, local zoning cannot create what state law forbids; a municipality that licensed a dispensary would conflict with state criminal law. Hemp-derived CBD products containing less than 0.3 percent THC may be sold by general retailers, but THC-content cannabis storefronts remain illegal.
Violations & Penalties
Operating a marijuana dispensary is felony delivery under Wyo. Stat. § 35-7-1031, punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine; distribution to a minor carries up to 20 years, plus federal exposure.
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