(Photo credit: Weedmaps).
Using the latest available pricing data from state cannabis regulators and the research firm Headset, here are the recreational marijuana markets with the lowest average cost for dried flower as of May 2026.
Prices continue to fall in several major markets, with Michigan now standing well below every other adult-use state and Oregon, Massachusetts and Colorado remaining among the cheapest legal markets in the country.
Michigan: $3 Per Gram
Legalized in 2018
First cannabis store opened in December 2019
Oregon: $3.17 Per Gram
Legalized in 2014
First cannabis store opened in October 2015
Massachusetts: $3.89 Per Gram
Legalized in 2016
First cannabis store opened in November 2018
Colorado: $4.30 Per Gram
Legalized in 2012
First cannabis store opened in January 2014
Arizona: $5.62 Per Gram
Legalized in 2020
First cannabis store opened in January 2021
Maine: $5.95 Per Gram
Legalized in 2016
First cannabis store opened in October 2020
Ohio: $6.45 Per Gram
Legalized in 2023
First cannabis store opened in August 2024
Washington: $6.99 Per Gram
Legalized in 2012
First cannabis store opened in July 2014
Connecticut: $7.09 Per Gram
Legalized in 2021
First cannabis store opened in January 2023
Montana: $7.15 Per Gram
Legalized in 2020
First cannabis store opened in January 2022
Sponsored
