North Dakota
Status: In North Dakota, qualified individuals may use medical marijuana and licenced businesses may cultivate and dispense medical marijuana. It is illegal for other individuals or businesses to consume, dispense or cultivate marijuana.
| CBD Program | Medical Program | Recreational Program | Are Applications Open? |
| Legal | Legal | Not legal | open |
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Number of North Dakota Licenses Available
| Dispensaries | Cultivation | Manufacturing/Processing | Transportation |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
You can read the full text of the North Dakota law at: .legis.nd.gov
Proposed North Dakota Medical Marijuana Manufacturing Guidelines
Up to Two (2) licenses for manufacturing facilities will be issued. A manufacturer licensee will be authorized to cultivate, process, and to sell usable marijuana to dispensaries.
- Compassion centers are required to maintain appropriate security, including well-lit entrances, an alarm system that contacts law enforcement, and video surveillance. They may not be located within 1,000 feet of a school, and they will be subject to inspections and other rules.
- Applicants will pay a $5,000 non-refundable application fee and, if they are approved, a $110,000 for manufacturing facilities.
- Compassion center licenses will be granted based on a merit-based application process, which will consider: the suitability of the proposed location; the applicants’ character and expertise in related fields; the proposed centers’ plans, including for record keeping, safety and security, staffing and training, preventing diversion, and for pesticide-free cultivation; whether the applicant has sufficient capital; and its ability to make medication affordable for all patients.
- Each staffer of a compassion center must apply for and be granted a registry photo identification card. They must be 21 years of age or older and must not have been convicted of an excluded felony offense or a recent drug misdemeanor.
REQUIRED NORTH DAKOTA MARIJUANA BUSINESS PLANS FOR MANUFACTURING APPLICATION:
- Cultivation Plan Template
- Manufacturing/Processing Plan Template
- Environmental Plan Template
- Financial Plan Template
- Fire Safety Plan Template
- Inventory Control Plan Template
- Product Safety Plan Template
- Security Plan Template
- Staffing Plan Template
- Suitability of Proposed Plan Template
- Transportation Plan Template
RECOMMENDED NORTH DAKOTA MARIJUANA BUSINESS PLANS FOR MANUFACTURING APPLICATION:
Proposed North Dakota Medical Marijuana Dispensary Guidelines:
Up to eight (8) dispensary licenses will be issued. A Dispensary licensee will be authorized to dispense usable marijuana to registered qualifying patients and caregivers.
- Compassion centers are required to maintain appropriate security, including well-lit entrances, an alarm system that contacts law enforcement, and video surveillance. They may not be located within 1,000 feet of a school, and they will be subject to inspections and other rules.
- There is a non-refundable $5,000 application fee to submit a proposal (application) and a $90,000 certification fee upon issuance of license.
- Compassion center licenses will be granted based on a merit-based application process, which will consider: the suitability of the proposed location; the applicants’ character and expertise in related fields; the proposed centers’ plans, including for record keeping, safety and security, staffing and training, preventing diversion.
- Each staffer of a compassion center must apply for and be granted a registry photo identification card. They must be 21 years of age or older and must not have been convicted of an excluded felony offense or a recent drug misdemeanor.
REQUIRED NORTH DAKOTA MARIJUANA BUSINESS PLANS FOR DISPENSARY APPLICATION:
- Suitability of Proposed Facility Plan Template
- Business & Operations Plan Template
- Financial Plan Template
- Marketing Plan Template
- Inventory Control Plan Template
- Patient Education Plan Template
- Patient Recordkeeping Plan Template
- Security Plan Template
- Staffing Plan Template
RECOMMENDED NORTH DAKOTA MARIJUANA BUSINESS PLANS FOR DISPENSARY APPLICATION:
The History of North Dakota Marijuana
In 2016, North Dakota voted in the general election to approve Measure 5. The medical marijuana initiative provided that qualifying patients would be able to obtain marijuana from state regulated non-profit compassion centers-and use marijuana if recommended by their physician. It included a provision for patients outside a 40 mile radius of a compassion center to cultivate a limited amount of marijuana for their own use.
Before Measure 5 was signed into law, state legislature wrote a number of modifications and further definitions, substantially changing the law. In 2017, Governor Doug Bergum signed the final bill, now SB 2344, into law. By then, the number and range of qualifying conditions had been greatly reigned in, the kinds of cannabis to be prescribed had been lowered (no edibles or concentrates), and the provision for home cultivation had been revoked. A specific pediatric “oil” would be created for minors, and all minors (19 and under) would need parental permission.
Two medical marijuana manufacturing facilities have been selected to move forward with the business registration process. The two entities selected are Pure Dakota LLC, located in Bismarck, and Grassroots Cannabis (legal name GR Vending ND LLC), located in Fargo.
The state is accepting applications for Dispensary Licenses in three phases. The first application phase closed August 7th for the Bismarck and Fargo regions of the state. The second application phase is anticipated to open in September for the Grand Forks and Williston regions of the state. The third application phase is anticipated to open in January 2019 for the Devil’s Lake, Jamestown, Dickinson, and Minot regions of the state.
On August 13, 2018, a recreational marijuana initiative was certified to appear on the November 2018 ballot. If passed by voters, the North Dakota Marijuana Legalization and Automatic Expungement Initiative would amend the North Dakota Century Code to remove hashish, marijuana, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from the list of schedule 1 controlled substances and legalize recreational use of marijuana for individuals 21 years of age and older. A unique aspect about this initiative is that it would also create an automatic expungement process for individuals with convictions for a controlled substance that has been legalized.