Dispensaries in Washington

Washington Dispensaries by City

Every Washington city and town with at least one licensed or tribal cannabis store is listed here, largest first. Many smaller towns have only one or two stores, and some counties and cities still ban cannabis retail, so stores often cluster just outside those city limits. Click a city to see its stores.

Washington Dispensaries by Region

Washington's cannabis stores are concentrated west of the Cascades, but every region of the state has licensed shops.

Puget Sound (250 stores)

The Seattle–Tacoma–Everett metro, plus Kitsap, Thurston and the islands, holds about half of the state's stores. King County alone has the most of any county, led by Seattle, and Snohomish County is second, with heavy clusters along Highway 99 near Everett and Lynnwood.

North Sound (45 stores)

Whatcom and Skagit counties have a dense mix of stores in Bellingham, Ferndale, Mount Vernon and Burlington, serving locals, students and visitors heading to the Canadian border and the San Juan Islands.

Olympic Peninsula and the Coast (32 stores)

Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend, Aberdeen and the beach towns have their own stores, plus several tribal stores on the peninsula, useful for visitors to Olympic National Park (where cannabis remains illegal).

Southwest Washington (43 stores)

Vancouver and Clark County lead this region, with more stores in Longview, Kelso and Centralia along I-5 and a few in the Columbia River Gorge towns.

Central Washington (62 stores)

Central Washington has fewer stores because several cities and counties restrict cannabis retail, so shops tend to cluster in towns that allow them, such as Union Gap, Wenatchee, Ellensburg and the Tri-Cities area.

Eastern Washington (56 stores)

Spokane County dominates the east, with stores in Spokane, Spokane Valley and Airway Heights, and Pullman and Clarkston serve the Palouse and the Idaho border. Remember that Idaho has not legalized cannabis.

How Washington Licenses Dispensaries: The WSLCB

Washington legalized recreational cannabis in 2012 with Initiative 502, and the first stores opened in July 2014. The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) issues every retail licence, inspects stores and enforces the rules on packaging, testing, advertising and sales. In 2016 the state folded its unregulated medical dispensaries into this system, so today every legal store in Washington is a licensed retailer, with or without a medical endorsement.

Unlike Oregon, Washington caps the number of retail licences, and cities and counties can ban cannabis stores. That is why Washington has fewer stores than Oregon even though it has nearly twice the population, and why some stores sit just outside the limits of towns that ban them. The state has also created social-equity licences to bring new owners into the market.

Tribal nations can run cannabis stores on their own land under compacts with the state. Those stores are not on the WSLCB retailer list, so many directories miss them. We list every tribal store we can verify, including the Puyallup Tribe's Commencement Bay Cannabis, the Suquamish Tribe's Agate Dreams and stores run by the Squaxin Island, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, Chehalis and other tribes, each marked with a Tribal-owned badge.

Buying Cannabis in Washington: Age, ID, Hours and Purchase Limits

• Age and ID: You must be 21 or older with a valid government photo ID. Out-of-state licences and passports are accepted. Registered medical patients aged 18 to 20 can shop at medically endorsed stores.
• Hours: State rules (WAC 314-55-147) allow sales from 8 a.m. to midnight. Stores set their own hours within that window, and some local governments are stricter.
• Payment: Most stores take cash and debit and have an ATM. Credit cards are rarely accepted because cannabis is federally illegal.
• No delivery: Washington law provides no legal way for stores to deliver cannabis, so all purchases are in person.

For possession limits, penalties and the rest of the law, see our full guide to Washington cannabis laws.

Medically Endorsed Dispensaries in Washington (DOH List)

Washington does not have separate medical dispensaries. Instead, the Department of Health (DOH) endorses licensed stores that meet extra requirements, such as having a certified medical consultant on staff and stocking DOH-compliant products. 322 of the stores in our directory carry that endorsement, shown with a Medical badge.

Patients who are entered in the DOH medical cannabis database and hold a recognition card get real benefits at endorsed stores: no sales tax, an exemption from the 37% excise tax on DOH-compliant products (since a 2024 law), and purchase limits up to three times the adult-use amounts. Patients aged 18 to 20 who are registered can also shop there. Washington does not accept out-of-state medical cards.

Washington Cannabis Taxes and Prices

Washington charges a 37% cannabis excise tax on every recreational sale, among the highest in the U.S., and state and local sales tax is added on top. Most stores include the excise tax in their shelf prices and add sales tax at the register, so compare final prices rather than tags.

Because of those taxes, Washington prices are generally higher than Oregon's. Shoppers can save with daily deals, which many stores rotate by day of the week, first-visit discounts, loyalty programs and larger packs.

Where You Can and Cannot Use Cannabis in Washington

• Private property only: Using cannabis in view of the public is illegal, including parks, sidewalks, beaches, bars and patios. Most hotels and rentals ban smoking.
• Driving: The DUI limit is 5 nanograms of active THC per milliliter of blood, and you can be charged below that if impaired.
• Federal land: Cannabis is illegal in national parks such as Mount Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades, in national forests and on military bases such as JBLM and Naval Base Kitsap.
• Ferries and airports: Federal rules apply on the water and state law bans using cannabis in public, so check Washington State Ferries' current policy before you board; flying with cannabis to another state is illegal.
• Borders: Taking cannabis into Idaho, Oregon or Canada is illegal. Idaho has not legalized cannabis, and crossing any state line or the Canadian border with it is a federal or Canadian offence.
• Home grow: Not legal for recreational users. A 2026 bill to allow home grows has not become law.

Washington Dispensary FAQ

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How we build this directory: Store names, addresses and licence numbers come from the WSLCB's active retailer list, medical endorsements from the Department of Health, and tribal stores from tribal and public sources. We refresh the data monthly and remove stores whose licences are no longer active.