Dispensaries in Arizona

Arizona Dispensaries by City

Every Arizona city, town and community with at least one licensed cannabis store is listed here, largest first. Phoenix is far ahead with 44 stores, followed by Tucson and Mesa. The names follow each store's postal address, which does not always match the store's own name or the town that governs it. Laveen is a part of the city of Phoenix with its own mailing name, while Sun City, New River, Sonoita and Rio Rico are unincorporated communities. A store branded for one town can also carry a neighboring town's address: our list has a "Queen Creek" store with a Mesa address, a "Tempe" store in Guadalupe, a "Glendale" store in Peoria, a "Green Valley" store in Sahuarita and a "Yuma" store in Somerton. Click a name to see its stores.

Arizona Dispensaries by Region

Arizona's cannabis market is concentrated in the Phoenix area. Maricopa County alone has 110 of the 172 stores in our list, and Pima County, home of Tucson, has 24. Even so, all 15 Arizona counties have at least one store, from the Colorado River to the New Mexico line. Greater Phoenix is grouped below by city, and the rest of the state by county.

Phoenix and the North Valley (47 stores)

Phoenix has 44 licensed stores, more than a quarter of the state's total, and 44 of them also serve medical patients. They are spread across the city, from Ahwatukee in the south to Deer Valley and the Carefree Highway in the north. Clusters sit along Cave Creek Road, Indian School Road and Dunlap Avenue, and several stores are a short drive from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. That convenience has a limit: the airport is no place to carry cannabis, as the section on federal rules below explains. Laveen, in southwest Phoenix, has its own listing, and the unincorporated community of New River and the town of Cave Creek each have one store on the northern edge of the Valley.

The East Valley (42 stores)

Mesa has 17 stores, the third-highest count in Arizona, spread from Broadway Road in west Mesa to Power Road and the Apache Trail on the east side. Several stores near the Gilbert and Queen Creek lines have Mesa addresses. Tempe, home of Arizona State University, and Chandler have 6 stores each, and Scottsdale has 4, most of them near the Scottsdale Airpark. Gilbert and Guadalupe, a small town between Tempe and Phoenix, have 2 each, and Fountain Hills and Queen Creek have one each. Apache Junction, at the foot of the Superstition Mountains, has 3 stores. The city straddles the county line, so most of its stores are in Pinal County, but we count all of them here with the East Valley.

The West Valley (23 stores)

Glendale has 6 stores, several on Bell Road, Glendale Avenue and Grand Avenue, and Peoria has 4. El Mirage has 3, two of them on Grand Avenue. The retirement community of Sun City also has 3, all on or near Bell Road and 99th Avenue, and neighboring Youngtown and Surprise have one each. Farther west, Avondale, Tolleson, Goodyear, Litchfield Park and Buckeye have one store each. The West Valley is also home to Luke Air Force Base, which is federal property, where cannabis is illegal for everyone.

Pinal County (4 stores)

Between Phoenix and Tucson, Pinal County has stores in Casa Grande, Coolidge, Florence and the city of Maricopa. Despite its name, the city of Maricopa is in Pinal County, not Maricopa County. Pinal County's other stores have Apache Junction addresses and are counted with the East Valley above.

Tucson and Southern Arizona (29 stores)

Tucson has 22 stores, the second-highest count in Arizona, and 15 of them serve medical patients. Several are on Oracle Road and 22nd Street, and a few are close to the University of Arizona and downtown. Marana, northwest of the city, and Sahuarita, near Green Valley, add one store each. In Santa Cruz County, the wine-country towns of Sonoita and Patagonia each have an adult-use store, and Rio Rico, north of Nogales, has a medical-only dispensary. In Cochise County, Sierra Vista and Bisbee have one store each. This part of the state sits along the Mexican border. U.S. Border Patrol agents enforce federal law, not Arizona's, and Fort Huachuca, next to Sierra Vista, and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Tucson, are federal property.

Northern Arizona (10 stores)

Flagstaff, home of Northern Arizona University and the main gateway to Grand Canyon National Park, has 3 stores. Remember that the national park is federal land, where possession is illegal. In Yavapai County, Prescott Valley has 2 stores, and Prescott, Cottonwood and Sedona have one each. Much of the red rock country around Sedona is in Coconino National Forest, which is also federal land. In the White Mountains, Show Low in Navajo County and Springerville in Apache County have one store each. Much of northeastern Arizona is tribal land, including the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Reservation, where tribal and federal law apply instead of Proposition 207.

Eastern Arizona: Gila, Graham and Greenlee (7 stores)

Payson, in Rim Country, has 2 stores, one of them medical-only, and Globe has one. Safford in Graham County also has 2, one of which serves medical patients only. In Greenlee County, the old copper-mining town of Clifton has 2 stores, a high count for one of the least populated counties in the state.

Western Arizona and Yuma (9 stores)

In Mohave County, Lake Havasu City and Kingman have 2 stores each, and Bullhead City has one, across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada. La Paz County has stores in Parker and Quartzsite, and Yuma County has one in Yuma and one in Somerton. California and Nevada both have legal adult-use markets, but carrying cannabis across the river into either state is illegal under federal law, because it crosses a state line. The same goes for the border with Mexico, south of Yuma and Somerton.

How Arizona Licenses Dispensaries: The Department of Health Services

Arizona voters legalized adult-use cannabis in November 2020 with Proposition 207, the Smart and Safe Arizona Act, which added its rules to Title 36 of the Arizona Revised Statutes. The older Arizona Medical Marijuana Act still runs alongside it. The Arizona Department of Health Services licenses and regulates both programs, and the first adult-use sales took place on January 22, 2021, after ADHS approved the first licenses, most of them to existing medical dispensaries.

Arizona stores fall into three groups:

• Dual licensees: A store that holds both a marijuana establishment license for adult-use sales and a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary registration, operating both at one location. 132 of the stores in our directory are dual licensees, so they serve adult-use customers and registered patients.
• Adult-use only: 36 stores in our directory hold only a marijuana establishment license and sell only to adults 21 and older. Under A.R.S. 36-2854, these licenses include 26 issued through ADHS's social equity ownership program, which awarded them by random drawing on April 8, 2022.
• Medical only: 3 stores in our directory, in Payson, Rio Rico and Safford, serve registered medical patients only.

The number of stores is capped. The same statute says ADHS may not issue more than one marijuana establishment license for every ten pharmacies registered in Arizona, with a small number of extra licenses for counties that had few or no medical dispensaries. Licenses are valid for two years.

Local governments decide where stores can go. Under A.R.S. 36-2857, a city or town may limit the number of stores, zone them, regulate their hours or ban them outright, and it may also restrict or ban delivery. A county has that power only in unincorporated areas. No local rule can allow a store within 500 feet of a school, a child care facility or a preschool. That is why some Arizona towns have several stores and others, often close by, have none.

Buying Cannabis in Arizona: Age, ID, Limits and Delivery

• Age and ID: You must be 21 or older. ADHS rules require stores to check ID against the list in A.R.S. 4-241(K), the same list used for alcohol, which includes an unexpired driver license from any U.S. state, the District of Columbia or Canada, a U.S. military ID and a valid passport. There is no residency requirement, so visitors can buy.
• Purchase limit: A store may sell no more than 1 ounce of marijuana to a customer in a sale, with no more than 5 grams of it in the form of concentrate, under ADHS rule R9-18-309.
• Edibles: State law caps edibles at 10 milligrams of THC per serving and 100 milligrams per package, and multi-serving products must be scored into standard servings.
• Possession: Adults may possess, buy and transport up to 1 ounce, with no more than 5 grams of concentrate, under A.R.S. 36-2852. Having more than 1 ounce but no more than 2.5 ounces (with no more than 12.5 grams of concentrate) is a petty offense under A.R.S. 36-2853, not a crime.
• Gifting: An adult may give up to 1 ounce (no more than 5 grams of concentrate), or up to 6 plants, to another adult 21 or older, as long as nothing is paid and the gift is not advertised to the public.
• Delivery: ADHS rules effective November 1, 2024 let licensed stores deliver to adults 21 and older. The order must go to the store during its posted hours, the delivery must start at the store, and the driver must check your ID and get your signature at the door. Deliveries are not allowed to federal, state, city or county property, or to Arizona Board of Regents property such as state university campuses. Not every store delivers, and cities may restrict delivery.
• Hours: Each store sets its own hours within local rules, so check the listing before you go.

For possession penalties, expungement, hemp THC products and the rest of the law, see our full guide to Arizona marijuana laws.

Growing Cannabis at Home in Arizona

Any adult 21 or older may grow up to 6 marijuana plants at his or her primary residence, with no card or permit required. If two or more adults 21 or older live there, the limit is 12 plants for the residence, however many adults there are. Under A.R.S. 36-2852, the plants must be in a closet, room, greenhouse or other enclosed area with a lock or other security device that keeps minors out, and they must not be visible from public view without binoculars, aircraft or other optical aids. Breaking those conditions is a petty offense the first time and a class 3 misdemeanor after that. Landlords and other property owners may ban growing on property they control, and selling what you grow without a license is illegal.

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Arizona

ADHS runs the medical program under the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. A qualifying physician must certify that the patient has a qualifying debilitating condition, and the patient then applies online for a registry identification card. Under ADHS fee rule R9-17-102, a patient card costs $150, or $75 for a patient who shows current participation in SNAP, and a designated caregiver card costs $200. Cards are valid for two years, and renewals cost the same as a new card.

Patients get four practical advantages. First, lower taxes: medical purchases from a dual licensee or medical dispensary are exempt from the 16% excise tax, though transaction privilege tax still applies. Second, a higher limit: a patient may buy up to 2.5 ounces in any 14-day period, under A.R.S. 36-2816. Third, access under 21: the medical program is the only legal way for people under 21 to get cannabis in Arizona. Fourth, cultivation: a patient who lived at least 25 miles from the nearest operating dispensary when applying can ask for a card that allows growing up to 12 plants in an enclosed, locked facility. 136 stores in our directory serve medical patients and are shown with a Medical badge.

Arizona recognizes medical cards from other states for possession and use, but under A.R.S. 36-2804.03 a visiting patient may not buy from a medical dispensary. Visitors 21 and older can simply buy under the adult-use rules instead.

Arizona Cannabis Taxes and Prices

Adult-use purchases in Arizona carry two layers of tax, according to the Arizona Department of Revenue:

• 16% marijuana excise tax on every adult-use sale, set by A.R.S. 42-5452.
• Transaction privilege tax (TPT), Arizona's version of a sales tax: the 5.6% state rate plus county and city rates. City rates for adult-use marijuana sales vary, so the total at the register depends on the store's address.

Registered medical patients do not pay the 16% excise tax, only the transaction privilege taxes. Prices vary from store to store and city to city, so compare out-the-door prices, daily deals and first-visit discounts rather than shelf tags.

Where You Can and Cannot Use Cannabis in Arizona

• No public smoking: Smoking marijuana in a public place or open space is a petty offense under A.R.S. 36-2853. That covers streets, sidewalks, parks and trails.
• Private property: Use is allowed on private property with the owner's permission. Under A.R.S. 36-2851, any person or business that owns or controls property, including landlords, hotels and employers, may ban cannabis there, and the state, cities and counties may ban it on their property.
• Vehicles and driving: No one may consume cannabis while driving or riding as a passenger in a moving vehicle, boat or aircraft. Driving while impaired by marijuana "to the slightest degree" is a DUI, and under A.R.S. 36-2852 THC metabolites in your body are not enough on their own for a DUI charge unless you are also impaired.
• Federal land: Cannabis is illegal in Grand Canyon National Park and other national parks and monuments, in Arizona's national forests, and on military bases such as Luke Air Force Base, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and Fort Huachuca. See our federal marijuana law guide.
• Tribal land: Tribal and federal law, not Proposition 207, apply on reservation land, so check the rules before you bring cannabis onto a reservation.
• Airports, state lines and the border: The TSA follows federal law and refers cannabis found at screening to local police. Taking cannabis across any state line is illegal, even into California or Nevada, which have their own legal markets, and so is taking it into Mexico. Compare the rules in our state-by-state cannabis law guides.

Arizona Dispensary FAQ

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How we build this directory: Store addresses and license numbers come from the Arizona Department of Health Services' AZ Care Check list of active marijuana facilities with retail service, retrieved October 22, 2026. The state list gives each store's legal business name, so we match the brand name shoppers see from public map data at the licensed address. We leave out stores reported as permanently closed and refresh the list as ADHS updates it. For the rules in every state, see our state-by-state cannabis law guides.