Mississippi has 190 licensed medical cannabis dispensaries in 65 cities and towns, each licensed by the Mississippi Department of Revenue under the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act of 2022. Mississippi is a medical-only state: you can buy only if you hold a Mississippi medical cannabis card, either as a registered patient or as a patient's designated caregiver. Recreational marijuana is illegal, there are no adult-use stores, and a driver's license alone will not let you buy. Visitors who already have a medical card from their home state can apply for a 15-day Mississippi nonresident card.
The table below lists every city and town with a licensed store, and each store's listing in our directory has its address, state license number and a map. The cities with the most stores are Jackson (12), Biloxi (11), Hattiesburg (9), Ocean Springs (8), Gulfport (7) and Tupelo (7). Browse all states in our dispensary directory.
Mississippi Dispensaries by City
Every Mississippi city and town with at least one licensed dispensary is listed here, largest first. Jackson, the capital, leads with 12 stores, just ahead of Biloxi with 11. After that the count drops fast: Hattiesburg has 9, and 21 of the 65 places on the list have exactly one store. Many are small towns, such as Tylertown, Iuka, Quitman and Water Valley. Place names follow each store's mailing address, so a store just outside a city's limits can still carry that city's name. Mississippi has no city pages in our directory yet, so this page lists every place.
| City or town | Licensed stores | County |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 12 | Hinds |
| Biloxi | 11 | Harrison and Jackson |
| Hattiesburg | 9 | Forrest and Lamar |
| Ocean Springs | 8 | Jackson |
| Gulfport | 7 | Harrison |
| Tupelo | 7 | Lee |
| Columbus | 6 | Lowndes |
| Meridian | 6 | Lauderdale |
| Oxford | 6 | Lafayette |
| Pearl | 6 | Rankin |
| Canton | 5 | Madison |
| Hernando | 5 | DeSoto |
| Olive Branch | 5 | DeSoto |
| Bay St. Louis | 4 | Hancock |
| Corinth | 4 | Alcorn |
| Long Beach | 4 | Harrison |
| Byram | 3 | Hinds |
| Diamondhead | 3 | Hancock |
| Laurel | 3 | Jones |
| Moss Point | 3 | Jackson |
| Natchez | 3 | Adams |
| Pascagoula | 3 | Jackson |
| Richland | 3 | Rankin |
| Starkville | 3 | Oktibbeha |
| Batesville | 2 | Panola |
| Booneville | 2 | Prentiss |
| Brandon | 2 | Rankin |
| Brookhaven | 2 | Lincoln |
| Cleveland | 2 | Bolivar |
| Collinsville | 2 | Lauderdale |
| Forest | 2 | Scott |
| Gautier | 2 | Jackson |
| Grenada | 2 | Grenada |
| Hazlehurst | 2 | Copiah |
| Holly Springs | 2 | Marshall |
| Horn Lake | 2 | DeSoto |
| Kiln | 2 | Hancock |
| Lucedale | 2 | George |
| Magee | 2 | Simpson |
| Petal | 2 | Forrest |
| Poplarville | 2 | Pearl River |
| Senatobia | 2 | Tate |
| Vicksburg | 2 | Warren |
| Yazoo City | 2 | Yazoo |
| Aberdeen | 1 | Monroe |
| Byhalia | 1 | Marshall |
| Carthage | 1 | Leake |
| Fulton | 1 | Itawamba |
| Greenville | 1 | Washington |
| Greenwood | 1 | Leflore |
| Iuka | 1 | Tishomingo |
| Kosciusko | 1 | Attala |
| Magnolia | 1 | Pike |
| Pass Christian | 1 | Harrison |
| Philadelphia | 1 | Neshoba |
| Quitman | 1 | Clarke |
| Ripley | 1 | Tippah |
| Saltillo | 1 | Lee |
| Saucier | 1 | Harrison |
| Summit | 1 | Pike |
| Tylertown | 1 | Walthall |
| Water Valley | 1 | Yalobusha |
| Waveland | 1 | Hancock |
| West Point | 1 | Clay |
| Wiggins | 1 | Stone |
Mississippi Dispensaries by Name
Mississippi licenses each dispensary location on its own, and the state list shows the legal business name on the license. Many owners hold several licenses under numbered company names, such as "DABBS 1 LLC" and "DABBS 2 LLC". We list those stores under the brand plus the city, for example "Dabbs Hernando", so you can tell them apart. The table below groups stores that share a name. Our directory has 117 names in all. 29 of them run two or more stores, together 102 of the 190 stores, and the other 88 are single stores.
| Name | Stores | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Dabbs | 12 | 12 |
| 420 Holiday | 6 | 6 |
| SB | 6 | 6 |
| MS Moss | 5 | 5 |
| Merit Creek | 5 | 5 |
| Rootdown | 5 | 5 |
| Simpson Legion | 5 | 5 |
| Strong River Dispensary | 5 | 5 |
| Local Remedy | 4 | 4 |
| MS Mudd | 4 | 4 |
| The Green Standard | 4 | 4 |
| BWD | 3 | 3 |
| Bee's Buds | 3 | 3 |
| Diamond Leaf | 3 | 2 |
| Mississippi Provisions | 3 | 3 |
| Wyze | 3 | 3 |
| Backwood Express | 2 | 2 |
| BioSciences of Mississippi | 2 | 2 |
| Firefly Cannabis | 2 | 2 |
| Five Star Medical | 2 | 2 |
| Green Magnolia | 2 | 2 |
| House of Buds | 2 | 2 |
| Interstellar | 2 | 2 |
| Kudzu Cannabis Company | 2 | 2 |
| Mary Jane & Herb's | 2 | 2 |
| Mississippi Magnolia Canna | 2 | 2 |
| Oddfellow | 2 | 2 |
| VooDoo Buds | 2 | 2 |
| Zack Hemp | 2 | 2 |
Dabbs is the largest name, with 12 stores in 12 cities across 12 counties, from Hernando near the Tennessee line to Long Beach on the Gulf. That is only 6% of the state total. No single name dominates: 114 of the stores belong to names with one or two locations. 420 Holiday and the SB stores have 6 each, and Merit Creek, MS Moss, Rootdown, Simpson Legion and Strong River Dispensary have 5 each.
Mississippi Dispensaries by Region
Stores in our directory sit in 46 of Mississippi's 82 counties, and 36 counties have none. Regional counts below are based on the county on each store's license.
The Gulf Coast (55 stores)
The largest cluster in the state. Harrison County has 23 stores, the most of any county: 10 in Biloxi, 7 in Gulfport and 4 in Long Beach, plus single stores in Saucier and Pass Christian. Jackson County has 17, led by Ocean Springs (8), with Pascagoula and Moss Point at 3 each, 2 in Gautier and one more with a Biloxi address. Hancock County has 10, in Bay St. Louis (4), Diamondhead (3), Kiln and Waveland. Inland, George County has 2 in Lucedale, Pearl River County has 2 in Poplarville and Stone County has one in Wiggins.
Jackson and the Capital Area (35 stores)
Hinds County has 15 stores, 12 of them with Jackson addresses and 3 in Byram. The Department of Revenue says dispensaries in Jackson also handle a special city tax levy in addition to the state sales tax. Across the Pearl River, Rankin County has 11: 6 in Pearl, 3 in Richland and 2 in Brandon. Madison County has 5, all in Canton. Simpson and Copiah counties have 2 each, in Magee and Hazlehurst. Several suburbs, including Ridgeland, Madison, Flowood and Clinton, appear on the state's opt-out list and have no store in our directory.
DeSoto County and North Mississippi (28 stores)
DeSoto County, on the Memphis side of the state, has 12 stores: 5 in Hernando, 5 in Olive Branch and 2 in Horn Lake. Southaven, the county's largest city, is on the opt-out list and has none. Lafayette County has 6, all in Oxford, home of the University of Mississippi. Marshall County has 3, in Holly Springs and Byhalia. Tate, Panola and Grenada counties have 2 each, in Senatobia, Batesville and Grenada, and Yalobusha County has one in Water Valley. Marijuana is illegal in Tennessee, so read our Tennessee law guide before you head north.
Tupelo, Northeast Mississippi and the Golden Triangle (28 stores)
Lee County has 8 stores, 7 with Tupelo addresses and one in Saltillo. Tupelo is the other city where the Department of Revenue says dispensaries handle a special city levy. Alcorn County has 4, all in Corinth, and Prentiss County has 2 in Booneville. In the Golden Triangle, Lowndes County has 6, all in Columbus, Oktibbeha County has 3 in Starkville, home of Mississippi State University, and Clay County has one in West Point. Fulton, Iuka, Ripley and Aberdeen have one store each.
Hattiesburg and the Pine Belt (14 stores)
Hattiesburg's 9 stores are split between Forrest County (4) and Lamar County (5). Forrest County also has 2 in Petal. Jones County has 3, all in Laurel.
Meridian and East Central Mississippi (14 stores)
Lauderdale County has 8 stores, 6 in Meridian and 2 in Collinsville. Scott County has 2, both in Forest. Carthage, Philadelphia, Kosciusko and Quitman have one store each.
The Delta and Vicksburg (8 stores)
Bolivar County has 2, both in Cleveland, Yazoo County has 2 in Yazoo City and Warren County has 2 in Vicksburg. Greenville and Greenwood have one each. Coahoma, Sunflower and Humphreys counties have no store, so patients there may face a long drive. Call ahead before you go.
Natchez and Southwest Mississippi (8 stores)
Adams County has 3 stores, all in Natchez on the Mississippi River. Lincoln County has 2 in Brookhaven, Pike County has 2, in Summit and Magnolia, and Walthall County has one in Tylertown. Louisiana is just across the river and has its own medical program; read our Louisiana law guide before you cross, because taking cannabis across a state line is illegal under federal law.
How Mississippi Licenses Dispensaries
The Legislature passed Senate Bill 2095, the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act, and the governor approved it on February 2, 2022, according to the Legislature's bill history. Two agencies share the work:
- Department of Health: The Mississippi State Department of Health runs the Medical Cannabis Program. It issues patient and caregiver cards and licenses growers, processors and testing labs.
- Department of Revenue: The Alcoholic Beverage Control Division licenses and regulates dispensaries and enforces the rules on how cannabis is sold at them. Every store on this page holds a dispensary license number that starts with DSPY.
- Distance from schools and churches: Under the Department of Revenue's distance rule, a dispensary's main entrance may not be within 1,000 feet of a school, church or childcare facility unless that facility grants a waiver. Even with a waiver, a store may not be within 500 feet.
- Local opt-outs: The Department of Revenue's dispensary opt-out map, last updated April 1, 2024, lists 80 cities and 17 counties that opted out of allowing dispensaries. The map lists cities and counties separately, and some counties on it, such as Madison and Jones, still have stores in our directory with addresses in Canton and Laurel.
To check any business, use the Medical Cannabis Program's business search. A smoke shop selling hemp products is not a licensed dispensary and is not part of the medical program.
Who Can Buy at a Mississippi Dispensary
Only cardholders. There is no adult-use market, so an adult without a card cannot buy anything at these stores.
- Resident patients: Mississippi residents certified by a practitioner and issued a card by the Department of Health.
- Caregivers: A designated caregiver may buy at the dispensary for the patient. Caregivers must be at least 21, pass a background check and may assist no more than five patients.
- Visiting patients: A visitor with an active medical cannabis card from their home state can apply for a nonresident card up to 30 days before arriving. The card is valid for 15 days. Your home-state card alone does not let you buy here.
- Your card stays in Mississippi: The Department of Health's FAQ says a Mississippi card is valid only in Mississippi.
How to Get a Mississippi Medical Cannabis Card
- Get certified by a practitioner. The Department of Health lists the qualifying medical conditions. They include cancer, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophy, glaucoma, spastic quadriplegia, HIV, AIDS, hepatitis, ALS, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, sickle-cell anemia, Alzheimer's disease, agitation of dementia, PTSD, autism, pain refractory to appropriate opioid management, diabetic or peripheral neuropathy, and spinal cord disease or severe injury, as well as a chronic, terminal or debilitating condition that causes wasting, chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures or severe persistent muscle spasms. Only an MD or DO may certify a patient under 18.
- Apply to the Medical Cannabis Program. The card fee is $25, or $15 for Medicaid participants. Disabled veterans and disabled first responders may qualify for a fee waiver. The practitioner's visit fee is separate.
- Renew on time. A practitioner's certification lasts one year unless the practitioner sets a shorter period.
- Visit a licensed dispensary. Bring your card. The Department of Health suggests calling first to confirm a store's hours.
Our guide to getting a medical marijuana card covers the process in other states too. This page is not medical advice.
Mississippi Purchase and Possession Limits
Mississippi counts cannabis in Mississippi Medical Cannabis Equivalency Units, or MMCEUs. Under Miss. Code 41-137-3, one MMCEU is 3.5 grams of flower, 1 gram of concentrate or 100 mg of THC in an infused product. That makes 24 MMCEUs equal to 84 grams of flower.
- Residents: Up to 24 MMCEUs in any 30 days, from one dispensary or several combined. You may possess up to 28 MMCEUs.
- Nonresidents: Up to 6 MMCEUs per week and 12 in any 15-day period. You may possess up to 14 MMCEUs.
- Mixing products: Flower, concentrates and infused products all count against the same unit total, whether you buy at one store or several.
| Rule | Resident cardholder | Nonresident cardholder | No Mississippi card |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who can buy | Registered patients and caregivers | Holders of a 15-day nonresident card | No one |
| Purchase limit | 24 MMCEUs per 30 days | 6 MMCEUs per week, 12 per 15 days | Not allowed |
| Possession | 28 MMCEUs | 14 MMCEUs | 30 g or less, first offense: $100 to $250 fine |
| Card fee | $25 ($15 Medicaid) | Nonresident card required | Not applicable |
| Public use | Not allowed | Not allowed | Not allowed |
For penalties and the rest of the law, see our guide to Mississippi marijuana laws.
Taxes at Mississippi Dispensaries
The Department of Revenue's medical cannabis tax page sets out three pieces:
- 7% sales tax: Dispensaries charge cardholders the standard 7% sales tax at the register.
- 5% excise tax: Cultivators pay it on their first sale or transfer of cannabis, before it reaches the store.
- Jackson and Tupelo: Dispensaries in these two cities are also responsible for special city tax levies. The state page does not list the rates, so ask the store.
Prices are set by each store and change often. Compare menus and ask about the price per unit before you buy, since your purchase limit is counted in MMCEUs.
Where You Can Use Medical Cannabis in Mississippi
- Not in public: The Department of Health says the law does not authorize use in a public place. Miss. Code 41-137-3 defines a public place broadly: a church, any area where the public is invited or permitted, and government property such as streets, sidewalks and public transportation. A private residence is not a public place.
- Not in a vehicle: Use in a motor vehicle is not authorized either.
- Driving: Under Miss. Code 63-11-30, it is DUI to drive under the influence of any substance that has impaired your ability to drive, and the law applies to lawful medical cannabis use. There is no THC blood limit.
- Home growing: The program supplies patients through licensed cultivators and dispensaries. Our law guide found no provision letting patients or anyone else grow cannabis at home.
- Without a card: A first offense for 30 grams or less is a $100 to $250 fine. More than 1 gram in a car's passenger area is a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 and 90 days in jail.
- Federal land and travel: In April 2026 the federal government moved marijuana held under a state medical license to Schedule III, but taking cannabis across a state line or onto a plane is still illegal under federal law, even with a medical card. See our federal marijuana law guide, and before a trip east read our Alabama law guide or west our Arkansas law guide.
Is Recreational Marijuana Legal in Mississippi?
No. Mississippi allows cannabis only through the medical program. Outside it, marijuana remains a controlled substance under Miss. Code 41-29-139, although a first offense for 30 grams or less is punished with a fine rather than jail. Repeat offenses within two years are misdemeanors that can bring jail time. Until the law changes, the stores on this page will serve cardholders only. Compare Mississippi with its neighbors in our state-by-state cannabis law guides.
Mississippi Dispensary FAQ
How many dispensaries are in Mississippi?
Our directory lists 190 licensed medical cannabis dispensaries in 65 cities and towns. Jackson has the most, with 12, followed by Biloxi with 11. Dabbs is the largest name, with 12 stores.
Can I buy weed in Mississippi without a medical card?
No. Mississippi is medical only. You need a Mississippi medical cannabis card as a patient or designated caregiver, or a nonresident card if you are visiting.
Can out-of-state patients buy at a Mississippi dispensary?
Yes, with a Mississippi nonresident card. You need an active medical card from your home state, can apply up to 30 days before you arrive, and the card is valid for 15 days. Nonresidents may buy up to 6 MMCEUs per week and 12 per 15 days.
How much medical cannabis can you buy in Mississippi?
Residents may buy up to 24 MMCEUs in 30 days. One MMCEU is 3.5 grams of flower, 1 gram of concentrate or 100 mg of THC in an infused product.
How much does a Mississippi medical cannabis card cost?
$25, or $15 for Medicaid participants. Disabled veterans and disabled first responders may qualify for a waiver. The practitioner's fee is separate.
What is the tax on medical cannabis in Mississippi?
Dispensaries charge the 7% state sales tax. Cultivators pay a 5% excise tax before the product reaches the store, and stores in Jackson and Tupelo also handle a special city levy.
Can you grow weed in Mississippi?
We found no provision in the medical program that allows home growing. Patients buy from licensed dispensaries.
Can you smoke medical cannabis in public in Mississippi?
No. The law does not authorize use in a public place or in a motor vehicle, even for cardholders.
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How we build this directory: Store names, addresses and license numbers come from the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program's business search, filtered to licensed dispensaries. Where the state lists a numbered company name, we show the store's brand and city instead. We check each store against map data and refresh the list as licenses change, so our count can differ slightly from the state's. For the rules in every state, see our state-by-state cannabis law guides.