Dispensaries in Minnesota

Minnesota Dispensaries by City

Every Minnesota city and town with at least one licensed dispensary is listed here, largest first. Minneapolis and Saint Paul lead by a wide margin, and the Twin Cities metro holds 128 of the 245 stores in our directory, about 52%. Outside the metro, stores are spread thinly: 122 of the 133 places on the list have fewer than four stores, and 94 have just one. Names follow each store's mailing address, so a store listed under one city may sit in a neighboring township or suburb. Only the 11 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.

Minnesota Dispensaries by Region

Minnesota has 87 counties, and licensed dispensaries operate in 50 of them. Regional counts below are based on each store's county. Retail sales outside tribal lands are still new in Minnesota, so expect these numbers to grow as more licensed stores open.

Twin Cities Metro (128 stores)

Minneapolis has 25 stores, the most of any city in the state, and Hennepin County has 52 in all. The rest of the county's stores are in suburbs such as Bloomington (4), Edina (3), Richfield (2), Hopkins (2), New Hope (2), Brooklyn Park (2) and Champlin (2), with single stores in places like Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Maple Grove and Wayzata. Saint Paul, the state capital, has 18 stores, and Ramsey County has 27, adding New Brighton (2), Roseville, Maplewood, Shoreview and White Bear Lake. Anoka County has 14, led by Fridley (3) and Blaine (3). The store in the city of Anoka is Anoka Cannabis Company, which opened in February 2026 as Minnesota's first city-owned dispensary, FOX 9 reported. Dakota County has 13, including Eagan (4), Lakeville (3), Hastings (2) and Burnsville (2). Washington County has 10, with Woodbury (3) and stores along the St. Croix River in Stillwater, Oak Park Heights and Bayport. Carver County has 6, half of them in Chaska (3), and Scott County has 6, in Jordan (2), Prior Lake, Savage, Belle Plaine and New Prague. Wisconsin is just across the St. Croix, and cannabis bought in Minnesota is not legal to take there. See our Wisconsin marijuana law guide.

St. Cloud and Central Minnesota (29 stores)

Saint Cloud has 4 stores, and Saint Joseph adds one more in Stearns County, for 5. Along Interstate 94 toward the metro, Wright County has 6, one each in Monticello, Buffalo, Delano, Albertville, Saint Michael and Annandale. Sherburne County has 4, in Becker (2), Elk River and Big Lake, and Benton County has a store in the small town of Rice. North of the metro on Interstate 35, Chisago County has 4, in Lindstrom, North Branch, Taylors Falls and Rush City. Pine County has 3, including Hinckley (2), and Mora has 2 in Kanabec County. Isanti, Milaca and Hutchinson (2) round out the region.

Rochester and Southeast Minnesota (26 stores)

Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic, has 4 stores, all of Olmsted County's. Winona has 6, a high count for a river town, and Albert Lea has 5, every store in Freeborn County, on Interstate 35 a few miles north of the Iowa line. Houston County, in the far southeast corner, has 4: Caledonia (2) and La Crescent (2), just across the Mississippi from La Crosse, Wisconsin. Mower County has 3, in Austin (2) and Le Roy, and Rice County has 2, in Faribault and Dundas. Owatonna and Lanesboro have one store each. The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, which runs along the river past Winona and La Crescent, is federal land. Iowa has no adult-use stores, so see our Iowa marijuana law guide before crossing the line.

Duluth, the Arrowhead and Northern Minnesota (27 stores)

Duluth has 6 stores, and St. Louis County has 10 in all, with more in Hermantown, Hibbing, Ely and Cook. Duluth's Legacy Cannabis became the first state-licensed, non-tribal dispensary in Minnesota when it opened on September 16, 2025, CBS News reported. Up the North Shore, Two Harbors has a store, and Moose Lake serves Carlton County. In the Brainerd lakes area, Crow Wing County has 8, led by Baxter (3), with more in Brainerd, Crosby, Crosslake, Pequot Lakes and Jenkins. Cass County has 2, in Walker and Outing. Farther north are single stores in Grand Rapids, Bemidji, Baudette and Warroad, close to the Canadian border. Much of this region is federal land: Voyageurs National Park, the Superior National Forest, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness near Ely, and the Chippewa National Forest near Walker. Federal law applies there, not Minnesota's. Our federal marijuana law guide explains why.

Mankato and Southwest Minnesota (16 stores)

Mankato has 4 stores, all of Blue Earth County's. Across the Minnesota River, Nicollet County has 3, in Saint Peter (2) and North Mankato, and New Ulm has 2 in Brown County. Martin County has 2, in Sherburn and Welcome. In the far southwest corner, Luverne has 3 stores, a few miles from both South Dakota and Iowa, and Worthington and Pipestone have one each. Pipestone National Monument is federal land. South Dakota allows only medical cannabis; see our South Dakota marijuana law guide.

Moorhead, West Central and Northwest Minnesota (19 stores)

Moorhead has 7 stores, the most in Greater Minnesota and more than Duluth, and Hawley brings Clay County to 8. Moorhead sits across the Red River from Fargo, and North Dakota has no adult-use sales, so do not carry anything bought here across the bridge. See our North Dakota marijuana law guide. In lake country, Otter Tail County has 3, in Battle Lake, Pelican Rapids and Vergas, and Alexandria has 2 in Douglas County. Willmar has 2 in Kandiyohi County. Detroit Lakes, Starbuck, Breckenridge and Thief River Falls have one store each. The White Earth Nation, whose reservation covers parts of Becker, Clearwater and Mahnomen counties, runs its own tribal dispensary, covered below.

How Minnesota Licenses Dispensaries: The Office of Cannabis Management

Minnesota legalized adult-use cannabis with 2023 Minnesota Laws, chapter 63 (H.F. 100), and possession by adults became legal on August 1, 2023. The law created the Office of Cannabis Management, and its rules now sit in chapter 342 of Minnesota Statutes. Licensing took time. Tribal stores opened first, and the first state-licensed stores outside tribal lands began adult-use sales in mid-September 2025, NORML reported.

OCM issues several kinds of license that allow a storefront. The stores in our directory hold four of them:

• Microbusiness: 185 stores. A microbusiness can grow up to 5,000 square feet of plant canopy indoors and may run one retail location, or one more with a medical endorsement if one store is in a high medical need area, under section 342.28. Most stores in our directory hold this license.
• Retailer: 25 stores. A cannabis retailer may run up to five retail locations, with up to three more if it has a medical endorsement and three stores are in high medical need areas. No one may hold more than one retail business in a single city or three in a single county, under section 342.32.
• Mezzobusiness: 19 stores. A mezzobusiness can grow up to 15,000 square feet of canopy indoors and may run up to three retail locations, under section 342.29.
• Medical cannabis combination business: 16 stores, all run by the two companies that operated Minnesota's medical dispensaries before adult-use sales began: Rise (8 stores) and Green Goods (8 stores). These businesses grow, make and sell both medical and adult-use products. Under section 342.295, OCM must convert them to cannabis macrobusiness licenses by January 1, 2027. A macrobusiness may run up to eight retail locations.

Our directory counts 221 license holders. Of those, 210 have a single store in our directory, and the largest are Rise and Green Goods, with 8 stores each. A city or county may also own and run a municipal cannabis store, which section 342.32 allows, as Anoka does.

Local rules: Under section 342.13, a city or county may not ban licensed cannabis businesses outright, but it may set reasonable rules on time, place and manner. It may keep stores 1,000 feet from schools and 500 feet from day cares, residential treatment facilities and park attractions used by minors. A city or county that registers retailers may cap their number, but not below one registration for every 12,500 residents. Licensed stores may not sell between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday, or between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Sunday, and local ordinances may shorten those hours further, under section 342.27. Check a store's listing before you go.

Only an OCM-licensed business may sell adult-use cannabis flower. To confirm a store, use the public licensing data on the Office of Cannabis Management website. Minnesota also licenses lower-potency hemp edible retailers, such as some liquor stores and convenience stores, which may sell hemp-derived THC edibles and drinks but not cannabis flower. Those shops are not in our directory.

Buying Cannabis in Minnesota: Age, ID and Limits

• Age and ID: You must be 21 or older. Section 342.27 requires a store to check ID before every sale. Accepted IDs include a valid driver's license or ID card from Minnesota, another state or a Canadian province, a Tribal ID card, a U.S. passport, or, for foreign nationals, a valid passport.
• No residency rule: Visitors 21 and older can buy on the same terms as residents.
• Per-transaction limit: A store may sell up to 2 ounces of flower, 8 grams of concentrate, and edibles containing up to 800 milligrams of THC in one transaction, under section 342.27.
• Edible and drink potency: Edibles may have no more than 10 milligrams of THC per serving and 200 milligrams per package. Cannabis drinks may have no more than 10 milligrams per serving and two servings per container.
• Public possession: Adults may possess or carry up to 2 ounces of flower, 8 grams of concentrate and edibles with up to 800 milligrams of THC in a public place, under section 342.09.
• At home: Adults may keep up to 2 pounds of flower in their private residence.
• Gifting: An adult may give another adult 21 or older up to 2 ounces of flower, 8 grams of concentrate or 800 milligrams of THC in edibles, as long as nothing is received in return. Stores may not hand out free samples.

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

Medical Cannabis Dispensaries in Minnesota

Minnesota's medical cannabis program now runs inside OCM, through its Division of Medical Cannabis. To enroll, a patient needs a health care practitioner to certify a qualifying medical condition listed in state law, and the certification must be dated within 90 days before the application, under section 342.52. Enrollment lasts three years. A registered designated caregiver must be at least 18 and may serve up to six patients at a time. A parent, legal guardian or spouse may also act for a patient.

Patients can buy from any store with a medical retail endorsement. 56 stores in our directory have one and are shown with a Medical badge. Under section 342.51, these stores must have a licensed pharmacist or a certified medical cannabis consultant available, in person or remotely, to approve a patient's first purchase, a change in how the patient takes cannabis, or a much stronger product. They must give patients priority service, may offer curbside pickup, and may not sell flower or vape products to patients under 21. Stores with a medical endorsement may also serve visiting patients who show a valid medical card from another state and a photo ID.

Medical patients get two practical advantages. Purchases by enrolled patients at endorsed stores are exempt from both the cannabis gross receipts tax and sales tax, according to the Minnesota Department of Revenue, although that exemption does not cover visiting patients or patients enrolled in a tribal medical program. And OCM says medical products with patient-specific labels are exempt from adult-use possession limits, in its September 2025 patient notice. The medical program is also the only legal way for people under 21 to buy cannabis in Minnesota. This page is not medical advice. Talk to a health care practitioner about whether cannabis is right for you.

Tribal Nation Dispensaries

Several of Minnesota's tribal nations run their own cannabis programs under tribal law, separate from OCM licensing. Section 342.13 says the state will not license a cannabis business in Indian country without the consent of the tribal government. The Red Lake Nation's NativeCare store in Red Lake began adult-use sales on August 1, 2023, the first day adult use was legal, KAXE reported. The White Earth Nation's Waabigwan Mashkiki store in Mahnomen followed two days later, on August 3, 2023, KAXE reported.

Our directory is built from OCM's list of state-licensed businesses, so stores operated under tribal authority on reservation land are not in the counts on this page. Tribal stores set their own rules, hours and limits. Check with the store before you visit, and remember that tribal land rules do not travel with you once you leave the reservation.

Growing Cannabis at Home in Minnesota

Any adult 21 or older may grow cannabis at home without a state license or card. Under section 342.09, a household may have up to eight plants, with no more than four of them mature and flowering, at the adult's primary residence, including its yard. Plants must be kept in an enclosed, locked space that is not open to public view. The limit is per residence, not per person, so two adults living together still share eight plants. Growing more can bring a civil penalty of up to $500 per extra plant. A registered caregiver may grow up to eight plants for one patient household, plus eight for personal use, with no more than eight mature plants in all. Home-grown cannabis may be given to other adults, within the gifting limits, but selling it without a license is illegal.

Minnesota Cannabis Taxes and Prices

• 15% cannabis gross receipts tax: Charged on retail sales of taxable cannabis products under section 295.81. The rate rose from 10% to 15% for sales made after June 30, 2025, according to the Department of Revenue's 2025 cannabis legislative bulletin.
• Sales tax on top: Taxable cannabis products also carry the 6.875% state sales tax plus any local sales tax where the sale takes place, the Department of Revenue says. The gross receipts tax is in addition to those taxes, and when a store passes it on, it must show it separately on the receipt.
• Local tax: The Department of Revenue lists ordinary local sales taxes in addition to the state taxes, not a separate city or county cannabis tax. Since July 1, 2025, all gross receipts tax revenue goes to the state general fund, and the local cannabis aid account was closed on January 2, 2026.
• Medical exemption: Medical cannabis sold to an enrolled patient at an endorsed store is exempt from both the gross receipts tax and sales tax.

Out-the-door prices depend on the store's address, so compare menus, daily deals and first-visit discounts rather than shelf tags.

Where You Can and Cannot Use Cannabis in Minnesota

• Allowed places: Section 342.09 lets adults use cannabis in a private residence, including its yard, on private property not generally open to the public unless the owner forbids it, and at a business or event licensed for on-site consumption.
• Not in public smoking areas: You may not smoke or vape cannabis anywhere smoking is banned under the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, or anywhere a minor would breathe the smoke or vapor.
• Not in a vehicle: Using cannabis inside a motor vehicle is prohibited, and driving while under the influence of cannabis is illegal.
• Schools and prisons: Use is barred at public and charter schools, including school vehicles, and in state correctional facilities.
• Federal land: Cannabis remains illegal under federal law in Voyageurs National Park, the Superior and Chippewa national forests, the Boundary Waters, Pipestone National Monument 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 borders: The TSA follows federal law and refers cannabis found at screening to police, including at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Taking cannabis into Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota or South Dakota is illegal, and so is carrying it across the Canadian border in either direction. Compare the rules in every state's cannabis laws.

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How we build this directory: Store names, addresses and license numbers come from the Office of Cannabis Management's list of licensed businesses with a retail storefront. We check each store against map data and refresh the list as licenses change, so our count can differ slightly from OCM's. Tribal stores operating under tribal law are not on the state list. For the rules in every state, see our state-by-state cannabis law guides.