Dispensaries in Connecticut

Connecticut Dispensaries by City and Town

Every Connecticut place with at least one licensed dispensary is listed here, largest first. No town has a big lead. Hamden, Manchester and New Haven tie for the most stores, with 4 each, and 8 more places have three. 41 of the 44 places on the list have fewer than four stores, and 26 have just one. Names follow each store's mailing address, so a few stores are listed under a village rather than a town. North Windham and Willimantic are both in the town of Windham, Uncasville is in the town of Montville, and Vernon Rockville is in the town of Vernon. Only the 3 places with four or more stores link to their own city pages. The third column shows how many stores in each place also serve registered medical patients.

Connecticut Dispensaries by Region

Connecticut has no county government. The state abolished it in 1960, and the eight old counties now exist only on maps. For regional planning, the state uses nine planning regions, each run by a council of governments, and we group stores the same way. Licensed dispensaries operate in all nine regions and in 43 of the state's 169 towns. The Capitol region around Hartford has the most, with 24 of the 76 stores in our directory, about 32%.

Capitol Region (24 stores)

Manchester has 4 stores, tied for the most of any town in the state. Hartford, the state capital, has 3, all of them adult-use only. West Hartford has 3 and Newington has 3, every one of them a hybrid retailer that also serves medical patients. New Britain has 2, and Enfield has 2 on Interstate 91, a few miles south of Springfield, Massachusetts. Single stores sit in East Hartford, Rocky Hill, Plainville and Canton, and east of the river in Vernon Rockville, Tolland and Willington. Massachusetts also allows adult-use sales, but taking cannabis across the state line is still a federal crime. See our Massachusetts marijuana law guide.

South Central Connecticut (13 stores)

New Haven has 4 stores and Hamden, just to the north, also has 4, so the two towns tie Manchester for the most in the state. Meriden has 3, all of them hybrid retailers. Along the shoreline and the Route 1 corridor, Branford and Orange have one store each. Every store in this region outside Hamden and New Haven also serves medical patients.

Western Connecticut (9 stores)

Stamford has 3 stores and Norwalk has 3, along the Interstate 95 corridor in Fairfield County. Danbury has 2, both run by BUDR Cannabis, a few miles from the New York line. Westport has the only medical-only dispensary in our directory, Bluepoint Wellness of Westport, which serves registered patients and caregivers but not adult-use customers. Weir Farm National Historical Park, in Ridgefield and Wilton, is federal land. New York also allows adult-use sales; see our New York marijuana law guide.

Naugatuck Valley (8 stores)

Waterbury, the region's largest city, has 3 stores, all of them hybrid retailers. Bristol has 2. Down the valley, Naugatuck, Seymour and Derby have one store each.

Southeastern Connecticut (7 stores)

Norwich has 2 stores. Along the coast, Groton, New London and East Lyme have one each, and Colchester has one inland. The store listed under Uncasville is in the town of Montville. The Mohegan Tribe's reservation is also in Montville, and the Mashantucket Pequot reservation is in Ledyard. DCP says delivering cannabis to tribal lands is strictly prohibited. The Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton and the Coast Guard Academy in New London are federal property, where federal law applies. Rhode Island is just east of this region; see our Rhode Island marijuana law guide.

Greater Bridgeport (5 stores)

Bridgeport, the state's largest city, has 3 stores, and Stratford, next door, has 2.

Northeastern Connecticut (5 stores)

The town of Windham has two stores, one in Willimantic and one in North Windham. Farther east, near the Rhode Island line, Killingly and Putnam have one each, and Ashford has one off Interstate 84 toward Massachusetts.

Lower Connecticut River Valley (3 stores)

Middletown and Cromwell have one store each in the north of the region, and Old Saybrook has one where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound.

Northwest Hills (2 stores)

Torrington has 2 stores, the only ones in the rural northwest corner of the state.

How Connecticut Licenses Dispensaries: The Department of Consumer Protection

Connecticut legalized adult-use cannabis in 2021 with Public Act 21-1, and the rules now sit in chapter 420h of the Connecticut General Statutes. DCP licenses and regulates every store. Adult-use sales began on January 10, 2023, at nine former medical dispensaries that had converted to hybrid retailers, DCP announced.

The stores in our directory hold three kinds of license:

• Hybrid retailer: 46 stores. Under section 21a-420, a hybrid retailer may sell both adult-use cannabis and medical marijuana products. Most stores in our directory hold this license, and they appear with a Medical badge.
• Retailer: 29 stores. A retailer sells cannabis to adults 21 and older but does not sell medical marijuana products to patients.
• Dispensary facility: 1 store. A dispensary facility sells only to registered medical patients and caregivers.

The largest names in our directory by store count are Fine Fettle (9 stores), Zen Leaf (7), BUDR Cannabis (7) and Higher Collective (6). Brand names do not always match license holders, because several stores are owned through separate companies.

Social equity and equity joint ventures: Connecticut's law gives people from communities hit hardest by past drug enforcement a path into the cannabis business. A social equity applicant must be at least 65% owned and controlled by people whose household income was under 300% of the state median and who lived in a disproportionately impacted area, under section 21a-420. An equity joint venture, or EJV, is a business at least 50% owned and controlled by people who meet those same income and residency tests. Under section 21a-420u, a medical dispensary that wanted to convert to a hybrid retailer had to pay a $1 million fee, or $500,000 if it committed to create one EJV approved by the Social Equity Council. The original dispensary may not raise its share of the EJV above 50% for seven years after the license is issued. That is why you will see "EJV" in some license holder names. In the state's data, 8 stores in our directory are held by companies with "EJV" or "Equity Joint Venture" in their names.

Local rules: A store needs local zoning approval to open. DCP says there is no population cap on the number of retailers a town may have, but a town may prohibit some or all types of cannabis businesses, DCP explains. That is why many of the state's 169 towns have no store at all. Towns may also set their own rules on hours, so check a store's listing before you go.

To confirm a store, use the state's map of licensed cannabis and medical marijuana retail locations, linked from DCP's cannabis website.

Buying Cannabis in Connecticut: Age, ID and Limits

• Age and ID: You must be 21 or older. State law defines a consumer as a person 21 or older, and stores check a valid government-issued photo ID.
• No residency rule: Visitors 21 and older can buy adult-use cannabis on the same terms as residents.
• Purchase limit: Under section 21a-421aa, a store may not knowingly sell an adult more than 1 ounce of cannabis, or the equivalent in other products, per day. The same section lets DCP set temporary lower per-transaction limits. DCP set the limit at a quarter ounce when sales opened and raised it to half an ounce on December 1, 2023, DCP announced. Ask the store which limit applies when you shop.
• Possession: Adults 21 and older may have up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis flower on them, plus up to 5 ounces kept in a locked container at home or in a locked glove box or trunk of their car, under section 21a-279a. Other products count toward the same limits at equivalent amounts.
• Home-grown cannabis: Since July 1, 2023, live plants and cannabis from plants you grow legally at home do not count toward your possession limit.

For possession penalties, driving rules and the rest of the law, see our full guide to Connecticut marijuana laws.

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Connecticut

Connecticut's Medical Marijuana Program is run by DCP. To register, a patient sees the physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse treating them, who certifies a qualifying condition in the state's online system. The patient then sends DCP proof of identity and Connecticut residency, and if approved, receives a registration certificate by email, DCP explains.

Registered patients and caregivers can buy from any hybrid retailer or dispensary facility, not just one store. 47 stores in our directory serve patients and are shown with a Medical badge. Hybrid retailers stay dedicated to patient needs, and patients can get different dosage forms, strengths and delivery devices than adult-use customers, according to DCP's page on adult-use cannabis and medical marijuana. State law lets a store sell a patient or caregiver up to 5 ounces a day, and DCP may set lower limits to protect the medical supply. In its 2023 notice, DCP said patients could buy up to 5 ounces a month and were not subject to per-transaction limits.

Medical marijuana sold to registered patients is exempt from the state cannabis tax and the 3% municipal cannabis tax, under chapter 214c. This page is not medical advice. Talk to a health care provider about whether cannabis is right for you.

Growing Cannabis at Home in Connecticut

Since July 1, 2023, any adult 21 or older may grow cannabis at home without a license. Under section 21a-278c, you may grow up to three mature and three immature plants in your primary residence. The plants must be secure from access by anyone else, and no household may have more than 12 plants at a time, no matter how many adults live there. Registered medical patients have been allowed to grow the same number since October 1, 2021, DCP says. Selling home-grown cannabis without a license is illegal.

Connecticut Cannabis Taxes and Prices

• 10.75% state cannabis tax: Since October 1, 2026, the Statewide Adult Use Cannabis Tax is a flat 10.75% of gross receipts, according to the Department of Revenue Services. Before that date, the tax was based on THC: 0.625 cents per milligram for flower, 2.75 cents per milligram for edibles and 0.9 cents per milligram for other products.
• 3% municipal cannabis tax: Charged on the gross receipts of every adult-use sale under section 12-330mm. The money goes to the town where the store is located.
• 6.35% sales tax: Adult-use sales also carry the state sales and use tax, DRS says.
• Medical exemption: Medical marijuana sold to registered patients does not carry the state or municipal cannabis tax.

Shelf prices may not include tax, so compare menus, daily deals and first-visit discounts rather than tags alone.

Where You Can and Cannot Use Cannabis in Connecticut

• Same rules as tobacco smoke: In general, you cannot smoke or vape cannabis anywhere you cannot smoke or vape tobacco, DCP says. Cities and towns may pass their own rules on public use, so check local ordinances.
• State parks and beaches: Cannabis use is banned in state parks and on state beaches and waters.
• Rentals: Landlords may ban smoking and vaping, but generally may not ban possessing cannabis or using it in forms that are not smoked.
• Driving: Under section 14-227a, it is illegal to drive under the influence of any drug, including cannabis. Keep anything over 1.5 ounces in a locked glove box or trunk.
• Federal land: Cannabis remains illegal under federal law at Weir Farm National Historical Park, the submarine base in Groton, the Coast Guard Academy and other federal property. In April 2026 the federal government moved marijuana covered by a state medical license to Schedule III, but adult-use cannabis is still Schedule I, Foley & Lardner explains. Our federal marijuana law guide has more.
• Airports and state lines: The TSA follows federal law and refers cannabis found at screening to police, including at Bradley International Airport. New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island all allow adult-use sales, but carrying cannabis across any state line is still a federal crime. Compare the rules in every state's cannabis laws.

Before You Visit a Connecticut Dispensary

• Check the license type: If you are a registered patient, choose a hybrid retailer or a dispensary facility. A retailer that holds only an adult-use license cannot sell you medical marijuana products. The Medical badge on our listings marks the 47 stores that serve patients.
• Bring ID: Every adult-use customer needs a valid government-issued photo ID showing they are 21 or older. Patients also need their registration.
• Check hours and menus: Hours depend on each store and on local zoning, and menus change often. Many stores post live menus and take online orders for pickup.
• Plan for tax: Expect the 10.75% state cannabis tax, the 3% municipal tax and the 6.35% sales tax on any adult-use purchase.
• Keep it locked on the way home: Anything over 1.5 ounces must be in a locked glove box or trunk, and you may not drive under the influence.

Connecticut Dispensary FAQ

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How we build this directory: Store names, addresses and license numbers come from DCP's list of licensed cannabis and medical marijuana retail locations. We check each store against map data and refresh the list as licenses change, so our count can differ slightly from the state's. Connecticut has no county government, so we group stores by the state's nine planning regions. For the rules in every state, see our state-by-state cannabis law guides.