Cannabis in New Hampshire

Immediate answer

Medical only

Cannabis are medical only in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire protects registered qualifying patients who possess no more than two ounces of usable therapeutic cannabis obtained through alternative treatment centers. Patients and caregivers may not cultivate. The state has no licensed adult-use market; small possession outside the program remains unlawful but is generally a fined violation rather than legal possession.

A record becomes a legal conclusion only after it has been reviewed and connected to its supporting source material.

Record and sources

Rules and source trail

Medical only

Effective from: 2026-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
Supporting sources: 5

Supporting sources

Therapeutic Cannabis Program — Patient Information, version 1, Eligibility/program sections
RSA 318-B:2-c — Personal Possession of Marijuana, version 1, Paragraphs II-V
Therapeutic Cannabis Patient Protections, version 1, Excluded locations/private property
CACR 19 — personal possession of cannabis, version 1, General status
RSA 126-X — Use of Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes, version 1, §§ 126-X:1(I), :1(XIII), :2, :3, :8(XIII)