Cannabis Status

Medical and Recreational

Overview of Medical Cannabis in Washington State

Initiative 692 for possession and use passed as a ballot initiative in 1998, and Senate Bill 5052 for a uniform framework for both recreational and medical, as well as authority to license and regulate businesses, passed as a legislative bill in 2015. Patients are not required to register with the state. Patients are not allowed from other states, but may purchase cannabis recreationally if they are over 21 years of age. Home Cultivation is allowed only for patients who voluntarily register with the state.

Possession Limit

3 oz flower, 21 grams concentrate, 48 oz infused in solid form, 216 oz infused in liquid form, 6 plants per person and 8 oz from those plants for those registered with the state. Health-care practitioner may allow their patients to have 15 plants and 16 oz from those plants.

Overview of Recreational Cannabis in Washington State

Initiative 502 for authority to license and regulate businesses passed as a ballot initiative in 2012, and Senate Bill 5052 for a uniform framework for both recreational and medical, as well as authority to license and regulate businesses, passed as a legislative bill in 2015.

Possession Limit

1 oz concentrate, 16 oz infused in solid form, 72 oz infused in liquid form.

Hemp Status

Legal

Overview of Hemp in Washington State

Senate Bill 6206 was passed as a legislative bill in 2016, legalizing the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program.