New Hampshire Weed Laws 2026: Medical Dispensaries, Card Rules & Why Retail Still Has Not Opened

Overview

New Hampshire is surrounded on three sides by legal adult-use markets and has none of its own. The only legal cannabis counter in the state is the Therapeutic Cannabis Program, created by RSA 126-X in 2013, with the first dispensary sales in 2016. Seven Alternative Treatment Centers, which state law requires to be not-for-profit entities, cover the whole state: two run by GraniteLeaf Cannabis in Merrimack and Chichester, two by Sanctuary in Plymouth and Conway, and three by Temescal Wellness in Dover, Keene, and Lebanon.

Getting in is easier than it used to be. Since a 2024 law, any adult 21 or older with a debilitating or terminal condition or symptom can be certified if the provider puts the condition in writing and attests that the benefits likely outweigh the risks. Dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, naturopaths, and providers licensed in Maine, Massachusetts, or Vermont can all certify. You mail the application and a $50 check to the program office at 29 Hazen Drive in Concord. Card holders can hold two ounces and cannot obtain more than two ounces in any ten-day period. Nothing at the register is taxed, because the state has no sales tax at all.

For everyone else, possession is decriminalized rather than legal. Three-quarters of an ounce or less, or five grams of hash, is a $100 violation for a first or second offense. An adult 21 or older carrying up to 300 milligrams of edibles bought legally in another state, still in its original child-resistant packaging, gets the same civil treatment. Selling any amount is still a felony, and unsealed cannabis has to ride in the trunk.

The 2026 session ended the way the last several did. The House passed a legalize-and-regulate bill, HB 186, 208-135 in January; the Senate tabled it. The one thing that did become law was SB 468, which lets the dispensaries grow in greenhouses instead of under lights - the legislature overrode Governor Kelly Ayotte's veto in August 2026.

Legal Snapshot

What People Actually Pay

Prices are set by three nonprofits with no competing retail, so they move slowly. Eighths generally run $35-$60, ounces land in the $250-$400 range, cartridges usually fall between $40-$70, and edible packs sit around $18-$30. Nothing is taxed at the counter, which quietly closes part of the gap with Massachusetts at 17-20% total tax and Maine at 14%. The greenhouse law passed in August 2026 is aimed squarely at production cost, so watch flower prices first.

How Access & Delivery Work

There is no legal marijuana delivery in New Hampshire, and no app, courier, or subscription service can lawfully bring cannabis to a Granite State address. RSA 126-X allows an Alternative Treatment Center to dispense, deliver, or transfer only to a registered patient, that patient's designated caregiver, another ATC, or a visiting qualifying patient - and in practice all seven locations run on in-person pickup. The workable version is online ordering: every operator posts a live menu, you reserve what you want, then show your registry card and photo ID at the counter. If you live far from a dispensary, the caregiver system is the real substitute for delivery. A designated caregiver aged 21 or older can pick up for as many as five patients, or up to nine when both the caregiver and the patients live more than 50 miles from the nearest ATC. Anything advertising weed delivery to a New Hampshire town is either hemp product or an illegal operation.

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Flower

Every gram of legal flower in New Hampshire is grown by the three ATC operators and sold only to card holders, since there is no adult-use shelf and no home grow. Selection is smaller than in Massachusetts or Maine because three nonprofits supply the entire state.

Vapes

Standard 510-thread cartridges and disposables built from distillate or live resin are stocked at all seven dispensaries. Hemp-derived vape carts sold in smoke shops are a separate, unregulated product that state law does not authorize above 0.3 percent THC on a dry weight basis.

Pre Rolls

Singles and multi-packs are on every ATC menu and count against the same two-ounce ten-day limit as loose flower. They are the cheapest way to try a cultivar before committing to an eighth.

Edibles

Gummies, chocolates, and chews are made by the ATC operators and dosed conservatively. A separate rule matters for non-patients: an adult 21 or older carrying 300 milligrams or less of edibles bought legally out of state, in the original child-resistant package, faces a civil violation rather than a criminal charge.

Concentrates

Wax, shatter, live resin, and rosin are available to patients at all three operators. For anyone without a card, five grams or less of hash is a $100 violation, the same civil treatment flower gets.

Tinctures

Sublingual tinctures and oils are a staple category for patients who cannot smoke, and they are also the format landlords are most likely to allow, since RSA 126-X lets a landlord permit vaporization or ingestion even where smoking is banned in the lease.

Topicals

Balms, salves, and transdermal patches are stocked for patients treating localized pain without a head change. They are the one category patients can use at work sites and in public without running into the program's public-use restrictions.

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