Can you purchase and consume cannabis?

Adults 21 and older may buy marijuana from any state-licensed recreational cannabis as long as they can provide valid proof of identification.

You can legally buy one ounce of dried flowers and up to 8 grams of concentrated cannabis. Moreover, marijuana delivery is legal across the state. However, some counties have banned deliveries within their jurisdictions. Patients who are unable to make a transaction themselves can ask their caregiver to do so.

If you want to buy weed from a medical cannabis dispensary, you don’t need a medical card. In fact, all you need is a state-issued identification card proving you live in California and are above the age of 21. All purchases are charged with a 15% cannabis excise tax, a 10% city tax, and a 7.25%–11% use tax, depending on the area.

However, Proposition 64 states that medical marijuana patients with a valid medical identification ID don’t have to pay the sales and use tax when making local purchases for their medicine.

Consumption of recreational cannabis must take place in a private space. The California Department of Public Health has a list of counties that are members of the California Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program. Onsite consumption is allowed only inside businesses or spaces that have been granted a commercial cannabis consumption license.

In San Francisco, it’s legal to consume marijuana at events with designated lounges and restaurants.

Smoking or vaping marijuana in a designated non-smoking area is subject to a $100 fee. You also can’t smoke within 1,000 feet of a school, youth center, or day-care center while children are present. Consumption in vehicles is forbidden whether you’re driving or just riding as a passenger. In addition, you cannot have an open container of cannabis while driving or riding as a passenger in a vehicle.