How Cannabis Delivery Works in Massachusetts: The Complete Guide

Cannabis delivery in Massachusetts is not a gray-market favor or an app loophole. It is a licensed, tracked and heavily regulated service run under the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), with rules covering who can deliver, where, when, how much, and exactly what has to happen at your door. This guide walks through the whole process in plain language, so you know what to expect before you place your first order.

Key takeaways

• Delivery is legal for adults 21+ through CCC-licensed businesses. Since April 19, 2026, it is allowed statewide unless a town has a Commission-granted delivery waiver.
• Your government-issued photo ID is pre-verified before your first order, then checked again at the door against a signature.
• Only the person who placed the order can receive it, at a residence (house, condo or apartment). Dorms, hotels and similar places are excluded.
• One order per person per delivery, capped at two ounces of flower or the equivalent (10 g THC in concentrates, 1,000 mg THC in edibles).
• Deliveries must be completed between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., and a household can receive only one delivery per consumer per calendar day.

Who is allowed to deliver cannabis in Massachusetts

Delivery can only be done by a business that holds a delivery license or a delivery endorsement from the CCC. The drivers are employees of that business and each must hold a Marijuana Establishment Agent registration. No gig drivers, no friends-of-friends, no "donation" services.

There are two main delivery models under state regulations:

• Marijuana Courier. Delivers products that a licensed retailer has already sold to you. The courier picks up your specific order from a retailer it has a delivery agreement with and brings it to your home.
• Delivery Operator. Buys finished products wholesale from licensed cultivators and manufacturers, stores them in its own warehouse, and sells and delivers them directly to consumers.

A third route is a delivery endorsement added to certain existing licenses. Either way, every package is tracked in the state's seed-to-sale system from the moment it leaves licensed inventory. That same tracking is the source of the package tags and lab data we show on every product page; see how we publish lab results and our guide to what a METRC package tag tells you.

Every licensed delivery website has to show its license number. Ours is at the bottom of every page: License #MD1321. For the legal background on license types and local opt-outs, read Is weed delivery legal in Massachusetts?

Where delivery is available

Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2026, signed on April 19, 2026, made adult-use delivery available in every Massachusetts municipality by default. A city or town that does not allow retail cannabis stores can ask the CCC for a delivery waiver. Waivers last up to two years and can be renewed in two-year increments. Towns that allow retail cannot opt out of delivery.

The CCC's Municipal Zoning Tracker lists every active waiver. Licensed delivery can't go to a town while its waiver is active. Everywhere in our area, including Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Newton, Quincy and Framingham, delivery is permitted. Browse the full list on our delivery areas page.

What counts as a delivery address

State rules only allow delivery to a residence, which the regulations define as a house, condominium or apartment. The definition specifically excludes:

• College- or university-designated dormitories and other on-campus housing
• Hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts and other commercial hospitality operations
• Federal public housing listed by HUD
• Shelters and residential programs

In practice, that means you cannot send an order to your office, a hotel room or a dorm. It needs to be a home address in a municipality where delivery is permitted, and you need to be there to receive it.

Step by step: from sign-up to your door

1. Create an account and pre-verify your ID

Before your first delivery, the licensee has to examine and authenticate your valid, unexpired government-issued photo ID that shows your date of birth. This is called pre-verification. It happens once, either in person at a retailer or through a CCC-approved electronic method, and it has to be done before the first order ships. A delivery business is prohibited from delivering to anyone who hasn't set up an account this way.

The regulations limit what a retailer can keep for delivery purposes to your name, date of birth, address, phone number and email, and that information must be kept confidential and used only for delivery. Full details are in our ID requirements guide.

2. Build your order

Browse the menu at /shop. Every order has to fit inside the state limit for a single individual order: two ounces of marijuana or its dry-weight equivalent. Under the CCC's April 2026 administrative order, two ounces of flower is equivalent to 10 grams of active THC in concentrates or 1,000 milligrams of active THC in edibles. Topicals and ointments aren't subject to the daily sales limit. Checkout flags any order that goes over the limit. Our purchase and possession limits guide explains how mixed carts are counted.

Only shelf-stable products can be delivered, so anything perishable or temperature-controlled isn't eligible.

3. Choose a delivery window and check out

At checkout you pick a delivery window and confirm your address. Our windows are 12–2pm, 2–4pm, 4–6pm, 6–8pm, 8–10pm and 10–11pm Monday to Saturday; 12–2pm through 8–10pm on Sunday, and the cutoff for same-day orders is 9pm (7pm on Sundays). The minimum order is $50 and the delivery fee is $4. We accept cash or debit card. State rules push delivery businesses to minimize cash in vehicles and to use electronic payment where they can.

Your receipt shows the licensee's business name and license number, as the regulations require.

4. Your order is packed, tagged and manifested

Each delivery order is packaged and labeled under state rules before it leaves licensed premises, and every trip has a manifest produced by the originating establishment. Drivers may only carry product tied to a specific order for a specific residence. They can't cruise around with extra inventory for on-the-spot sales.

5. The handoff at your door

When the driver arrives, three things happen before the order changes hands:

1. The driver views the same government-issued ID you used for pre-verification.
2. The driver views your proof of order.
3. You sign, and the driver checks that your signature matches the photo ID.

Only the adult who placed the order can receive it. A roommate, partner or parent can't sign for you, even if they're over 21. If the ID doesn't match or the order is refused, the driver can't leave it. The product goes back to the originating licensed location after the driver's other stops.

6. After delivery

The driver logs the stop. You're responsible for keeping your products secure and away from anyone under 21. Remember that you can't consume cannabis in public places or on federal land, and it's illegal to drive under the influence. Keep products in a closed container if you travel with them by car.

Delivery hours and timing

Under current CCC regulations, all deliveries must be completed between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. local time. A host community can set a shorter window by ordinance or bylaw, but it can't start earlier or run later. (Some older guidance, including parts of the CCC's delivery FAQ, still mentions an 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. window. The Commission expanded the window in regulations that took effect in November 2024, and the current text governs.)

Two other timing rules matter:

• One delivery per consumer per residence per calendar day. If you forget something, it waits until tomorrow.
• One individual order per consumer per delivery. You can't split a delivery into several orders to get around the limit.

For planning tips, especially evenings and weekends, see our guide to same-day and late-night weed delivery in Boston. Our typical time from order to door is 30 minutes to 2 hours.

What delivery costs: price, taxes and fees

Delivered cannabis is taxed exactly like cannabis sold in a store:

• Marijuana retail excise: 10.75% of the sales price (M.G.L. c. 64N, § 2)
• State sales tax: 6.25%, charged in addition to the excise
• Local option tax: up to 3%, depending on the municipality

The CCC's delivery FAQ notes that accessories and branded goods listed separately on your receipt generally carry only the state sales tax. We show every line on your receipt. Our Massachusetts cannabis taxes guide has the full breakdown and a worked example.

On top of taxes, check the delivery fee ($4) and minimum order ($50). You see the full total, taxes and fees included, before you place the order.

Safety and privacy built into the rules

Some of the regulations exist to protect drivers and customers, and they help explain what you'll see:

• Unmarked vehicles. Delivery vehicles can't carry any external markings showing they carry cannabis, and product can't be visible from outside the car.
• Locked storage. Products ride in a secure, locked compartment built into the vehicle, with a separate locked compartment for any cash.
• Value caps. A vehicle with one agent can carry no more than $5,000 in retail value at a time. With two agents, the cap is $10,000.
• Tracked, randomized routes. Every delivery is tracked in the state system, routes stay inside Massachusetts, and businesses are told to vary their routes.
• No firearms. Firearms are prohibited in delivery vehicles.
• Data limits. Your delivery account information is limited to what the regulations list, and it has to be kept confidential.

Why lab data matters more when you can't see the jar

When you shop in a store you can at least look at the packaging. With delivery, the product page is all you get, so it has to carry the information. Every product on our menu links to its state-tracked package data and lab results: potency, terpenes where tested, and contaminant screens. If you haven't read a lab report before, start with how to read a cannabis certificate of analysis, then browse the lab results explainer.

Choosing between delivery and a store? We compare them honestly in cannabis delivery vs. dispensary.

Common reasons a delivery doesn't go through

Most failed deliveries come down to a few avoidable issues:

• The person who ordered isn't home. Only that person can receive the order.
• The ID at the door isn't the one that was pre-verified, or it has expired since. Update your ID in your account before ordering if you've renewed it.
• The address isn't a residence, such as an office, hotel or dorm, or it's in a town with an active delivery waiver.
• The window has passed. Deliveries must be completed by 11:00 p.m. at the latest, or earlier where local rules say so.
• You already received a delivery today. The one-per-day rule applies.

If an order can't be completed, the product goes back to licensed premises. Contact us about the order and your payment, and see our terms for how cancellations are handled.

Ready to order?

Check that your address is among the towns and neighborhoods we serve, have your ID ready for a one-time pre-verification, and start browsing flower, pre-rolls, vapes or edibles. If edibles are new to you, read our first-timer's edibles guide first. Start low, go slow: the impairment effects of edibles may be delayed by two hours or more.

Shop the menu or read how delivery works for our own service details.

This guide explains Massachusetts rules as of September 2026 and isn't legal advice. The CCC is reworking its regulations, so check the sources below for the latest text. For adults 21+ only.