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How to check a North Dakota medical marijuana dispensary

In North Dakota, only registered dispensaries may sell medical marijuana, and only to registered patients and caregivers with a valid ID card. HHS lists eight dispensaries. Check the store on the state’s list before you buy. If it isn’t listed, don’t buy there.7

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1. Make sure your registry card is valid

You need a valid registry ID card to buy, use or have medical marijuana.1 A card lasts two years.2 Send your renewal at least 45 days before it expires so you don’t go without a card.1

You can log into the registration system to see how much you can still buy in the current 30 days (the “limit meter”).3

North Dakota does not accept medical cards from other states.4 If you live in another state and have a card there, you can apply online for a North Dakota card that lasts 60 days.5

2. Check the dispensary on the state’s list

HHS’s list shows each registered dispensary’s store name, street address, phone number and hours.6 It does not show license numbers.

  1. Go to HHS’s list of dispensary locations .
  2. Find the store by its city and its name.
  3. Check that the street address matches the store you plan to visit. HHS says a card lets you buy only from one of the eight registered dispensaries in the state.7
  4. At the store, staff must check your card in the state’s system before they sell to you.1 A store that sells without checking your card is a warning sign.

Delivery: state rules let a dispensary bring medical marijuana from its store to a registered patient or caregiver.2 We did not find a state list of dispensaries that deliver. Ask the dispensary, and check it on the list first.

3. Check the label

The label must show the maker’s name and registration number, the batch or lot number, the total THC and CBD amounts, an expiration date and the universal symbol. It must say the product is for North Dakota registered patients only. The dispensary adds your name, your card number, its name and the date dispensed.2 Keep the labels on the package.2

Every batch must pass lab testing before a dispensary may accept it.2

Warning signs

  • Anyone else selling “medical marijuana.” Only registered dispensaries may sell it. HHS says state law gives no protection for marijuana not bought from an in-state registered dispensary.7
  • A seller that takes an out-of-state card. North Dakota does not accept other states’ cards. Nonresidents need a North Dakota card.4
  • Edibles that are not square lozenges, or that are coated in sugar or candy. State law allows only square lozenges, with no more than 5 mg of THC per serving and 50 mg per package.12
  • Product without a label, or a dispensary label with someone else’s name. The dispensary label must show your name and card number.2

Hemp and CBD shops are not dispensaries

Hemp products are sold under a separate state hemp law. Stores may not sell hemp products with delta-8 THC or with chemically made cannabinoids such as THC-O, HHC and THCP.8 Hemp products must be tested, and the total THC must be on the label.8 The lab report must be in the store or reachable by a QR code on the label.9

If something doesn’t look right

We did not find a complaint form for the Medical Marijuana Program. To report a problem with a dispensary, call the program at 701-328-1311 (711 for TTY) or email medmarijuana@nd.gov.10

State rules say patients and caregivers must report an overdose or a bad reaction to medical marijuana to HHS. Use the adverse event form on HHS’s forms page .211

How to report a problem

Official source

North Dakota’s cannabis regulator: North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Program (ND HHS)

These links go to the regulator’s own website. CHSA does not copy or host license records, so you always see the official, current version.

Sources

  1. North Dakota Century Code chapter 19-24.1 (Medical Marijuana) North Dakota Legislative Branch · Retrieved
  2. North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 33-44-01 (Medical Marijuana) North Dakota Legislative Branch · Retrieved
  3. Product Types, Purchase Limits and Possession Limits (8/2025) North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Program · Retrieved
  4. Patient Application FAQs (8/2025) North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Program · Retrieved
  5. Out-of-State Medical Marijuana Cardholders North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Program · Retrieved
  6. Dispensary Locations in North Dakota North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Program · Retrieved
  7. ND Medical Marijuana Patients North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Program · Retrieved
  8. North Dakota Century Code chapter 4.1-18.1 (Hemp) North Dakota Legislative Branch · Retrieved
  9. North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 7-20-01 (Hemp Products) North Dakota Legislative Branch · Retrieved
  10. Medical Marijuana North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Program · Retrieved
  11. Medical Marijuana User Guides and Forms North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Program · Retrieved

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