What's Legal Oregon

You can possess, use and buy recreational marijuana if you are 21 and older. If you are younger, it’s illegal.

What is the legal age to use recreational marijuana?

You can possess, use and buy recreational marijuana if you are 21 and older. If you are younger, it’s illegal.

Recreational users of legal age may purchase seeds, immature marijuana plants, cannabinoid products, and useable marijuana from licensed OLCC retailers. And are allowed 4 marijuana plants per household.

Recreational marijuana cannot be used in public, even by those of legal age.

Employers and landlords retain the right to restrict use, even by those of legal age:

Legalization did not affect employment law. Check with your employer regarding their rules and restrictions regarding marijuana use
Check with your landlord regarding their rules about using marijuana, growing marijuana, or making goods containing marijuana in their home or property.

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If you have a question that’s not answered here, take a look at the full list of FAQs or contact OLCC staff. We’ll do our best to get you the information you need based on what we know now. Additional information is available at marijuana.oregon.gov.

OLCC-licensed retail stores may sell marijuana to recreational users or OMMP patients. You may also grow your own or receive it as a gift.

How can I get recreational marijuana if I’m of legal age?

Adults 21 and older can purchase recreational marijuana from an OLCC-licensed retail establishments, share or give away recreational marijuana, or grow their own (up to 4 plants per household).

But there are limits.

Purchasing limits for recreational users:

Recreational users of legal age may purchase seeds, immature marijuana plants, cannabinoid products, and useable marijuana from OLCC-licensed retailer. A retailer may not sell more than the following amounts to a customer at any one time or within one day:

1 ounce usable marijuana (dried leaves and flowers)
- 24 ounces of usable marijuana to OMMP cardholders and designated primary caregivers
5 grams cannabinoid extracts or concentrates
16 ounces cannabinoid product in solid form
72 ounces cannabinoid product in liquid form
10 marijuana seeds
4 immature plants

Growing limits for recreational users:

If you’re 21 and older, you can grow up to 4 plants. (If you do not own your home, be sure to check with your landlord regarding their rules about using marijuana, growing marijuana, or making goods containing marijuana in their home or property.)

Gifting limits for recreational users:

Gifting of recreational marijuana to adults 21 and older is allowed, so long as the amount gifted falls within the personal possession limits and no financial consideration is associated with the transfer.

Financial consideration includes: cover charges, admission, donations, tip jars, raffles, fundraiser events, purchase required, barter or sales. It is considered the same as selling marijuana when money, goods or services are exchanged directly or indirectly for marijuana.

Gifting of extracts purchased from a licensed retailer is allowed, but not homemade extracts (as homemade extracts are not allowed under personal possession laws).

There are limits to how much recreational marijuana you may possess, both in public or in private.

How much recreational marijuana may I possess if I’m of legal age?

There are limits to the amount of marijuana and marijuana products that adults 21 and older may possess at any one time.

PUBLIC possession limits for recreational users:

Recreational users of legal age may possess the following amount of marijuana and marijuana products while in public:

1 ounce usable marijuana (dried leaves and flowers)
1 ounce cannabinoid extracts or concentrates (must be purchased from a licensed marijuana retailer)
16 ounces cannabinoid product in solid form
72 ounces cannabinoid product in liquid form
10 marijuana seeds; AND
4 immature marijuana plants.

PRIVATE possession limits for recreational users:

Recreational users of legal age may possess the following amount of marijuana and marijuana products on private property:

8 ounces usable marijuana (dried leaves and flowers)
1 ounce cannabinoid extracts or concentrates (must be purchased from a licensed marijuana retailer)
16 ounces cannabinoid product in solid form
72 ounces cannabinoid product in liquid form
10 marijuana seeds; AND
4 marijuana plants

There are additional restrictions to consider:

Landlords possess the right to restrict the use and growth of marijuana on their property. Check with your landlord regarding their rules about using marijuana, growing marijuana, or making goods containing marijuana in their home or property.

The use, growing, transportation and possession of marijuana on federal property (including Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service land) remains prohibited.

Gifting and giveaways by individuals is allowed, but may not include any financial consideration.

What are the limits on gifting and giveaways?

Gifting of recreational marijuana to adults 21 and older is allowed, so long as the amount gifted falls within the personal possession limits and no financial consideration associated with the transfer.

Gifting of extracts purchased from a licensed retailer is allowed, but not homemade extracts (as homemade extracts are not allowed under personal possession laws).

What’s Legal?

Driving under the influence of marijuana remains illegal. Please be responsible.

Can I drive when I’ve used marijuana?

Driving under the influence of marijuana remains illegal.

Driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII) refers to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated or drugged, including impairment from the use of marijuana.

Please be responsible.

Adults 21 and older can use recreational marijuana at home or on private property. You can’t use recreational marijuana in public places.

Where can I use recreational marijuana?

Adults 21 and older can use recreational marijuana at home or on private property. You can’t use recreational marijuana in public places.

Public places are places to which the general public has access. This includes, but is not limited to: common areas in apartments and hotels; highways and streets; schools; parks and playgrounds; premises used for public passenger transportation (such as bus stops); and amusement parks.

A good rule of thumb: If someone outside of your home can see you, you’re probably in public.

Bars and restaurants
OLCC rules prohibit any marijuana consumption at a premise with a liquor license. Allowing marijuana use may put an establishment’s liquor license in jeopardy. In addition, smoking and vaping in most businesses is limited by the Indoor Clean Air Act.

Landlord-owned residences
Landlords possess the right to restrict the use and growth of marijuana on their property. Check with your landlord regarding their rules about using marijuana, growing marijuana, or making goods containing marijuana in their home or property.

You cannot take marijuana in or out of the state, even to other states where it is legal.

Can I travel with recreational marijuana?

You can’t buy marijuana in another state and bring it into Oregon, nor can you take it from Oregon across state lines. That includes to and from Washington and California where recreational marijuana is also legal. Taking marijuana across state lines is a federal offense.

Driving within the state of Oregon:
If you are 21 or older, you may drive with marijuana in your vehicle within the legal possession limits.

Flying within the state of Oregon:
The Portland International Airport does allow airline passengers flying within the state to board with the legal public possession amount (1 ounce) of marijuana on them. However, smoking marijuana onboard the plane is strictly prohibited.

If the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) finds marijuana on a passenger, they’ll notify airport police, who will confirm that the passenger is not exceeding the 1 ounce legal limit for public possession, the passenger’s age, and the boarding pass destination to make sure they are flying to a destination within the state. Travelers who are traveling outside of the state will be asked to dispose of the marijuana before being allowed to carry on with their travel plans.

Still illegal on federal land:
The use, growing, transportation and possession of marijuana on federal property (including Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service land) is prohibited.

Tribal land is sovereign and rules may be different:
Federally recognized Indian Reservations possess the right to enter into agreements with the State of Oregon to grow and sell marijuana on their reservations, but they may also disallow possession and use on their sovereign land. Be sure to check local restrictions before traveling to or through Tribal land with marijuana.

Oregon is committed to creating a well regulated industry, and to preventing underage marijuana use.

How will a well-regulated industry impact Oregon?

To create a well-regulated and prosperous industry, the State of Oregon has enacted several safeguards and structures that both support businesses and also seek to protect people and communities. These include:

Oversight and monitoring for each “link” of the supply chain, from seed to sale.
Establishing limits for possession, sales and public consumption (and allowing local communities to opt-out of the market).
Creating product testing, packaging and labeling requirements and other protections for consumers.
Enforcing child-resistant packaging regulations to keep marijuana out of the hands of children.
Developing a youth prevention campaign to discourage underage use. (For more information regarding youth marijuana prevention please visit the Oregon Health Authority’s Stay True to You campaign website.)

Educate Before You Recreate

In Oregon, it's legal for adults 21 and older to purchase, possess and use recreational marijuana…but there are limits.*

You can possess, use and buy recreational marijuana if you are 21 and older. If you are younger, it’s illegal.

There are limits to how much recreational marijuana you may possess, both in public or in private.

Gifting and giveaways by individuals is allowed, but may not include any financial consideration.

Driving under the influence of marijuana remains illegal. Please be responsible.

Adults 21 and older can use recreational marijuana at home or on private property. You can’t use recreational marijuana in public places.

You cannot take marijuana in or out of the state, even to other states where it is legal.

Oregon is committed to creating a well regulated industry, and to preventing underage marijuana use.