Licensed dispensaries average $99 less per ounce than the street benchmark across 24 states

The question asked: US cannabis prices by state, official and street. This report covers all 50 states in USD per ounce of flower: a 2026 street/market benchmark for every state, and a current estimated licensed dispensary retail price for the 24 states with a comparable legal market. Data accessed 2026-08-31.

Terminology matters here. The "official" side is an estimated average licensed retail price, not a government-set price. The "street" side is World Population Review's 2026 statewide benchmark — its page labels it "Medical Cannabis Cost" and cites NuggMD — so read it as a market benchmark, not a verified illicit transaction price. The two sources are not fully apples-to-apples, and the gap should be read as indicative only. Buying or selling illicit cannabis remains illegal.

Oregon is cheapest in both series — $105/oz licensed estimate and $211/oz benchmark — while North Dakota tops the 50-state benchmark at $384/oz. worldpopulationreview.com

Michigan and Missouri show the largest gaps: licensed retail runs $160/oz below the street benchmark in each. cannabismarketcap.io

New York has the highest licensed estimate of the 24 covered markets at $275/oz — yet still $59 under its benchmark. cannabismarketcap.io

Across the same 24 states, licensed retail averages $206.5/oz versus $305.5/oz for the benchmark; benchmark average across all 50 states is $320.7/oz. worldpopulationreview.com

All 50 states in detail

State	Street benchmark $/oz	Licensed retail $/oz	Gap $/oz	Note	Sources

Data: 50 rows, one per state, USD per ounce of flower, accessed 2026-08-31. Street benchmark: World Population Review's 2026 "Medical Cannabis Cost" table (citing NuggMD) for all 50 states. Licensed retail: Cannabis Market Cap price index, an estimated average dispensary price available for 24 legal markets; states without a comparable adult-use retail estimate show no legal price and no gap, never zero. The gap is licensed minus benchmark; sources differ in method, so gaps are indicative. DC and territories are not in the source table.

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