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Is Weed Legal in Indiana? (2026)

Illegal

As of November 12, 2026, Weed is illegal in Indiana. Marijuana illegal; no medical program; possession is a misdemeanor. Listed as schedule 1. Controlling source: IC 35-48-2-4(d) (Schedule I: marijuana).

Verified November 12, 2026 (llm review) · confidence: confirmed

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Indiana Weed ban status: ban in force

QuietNo pending legislation, deadlines or enforcement actions on file for Weed in Indiana.
Rule type
permanent
Tier
Schedule I
Schedule
schedule 1

What the record says

Indiana has no adult-use, medical or low-THC marijuana program, and marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance. Possessing marijuana, growing it, or failing to destroy plants growing on one's premises is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. It becomes a Class A misdemeanor with a prior drug conviction or when packaged to look like low THC hemp extract by a person who knew or should have known it was marijuana, and a Level 6 felony with a prior drug conviction and at least 30 grams. Hemp, low THC hemp extract and smokable hemp are excluded from the marijuana definition. Federal law still treats non-medical marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance.

Controlling language, verbatim

Marijuana (7360). Sec. 11. (a) A person who: (1) knowingly or intentionally possesses (pure or adulterated) marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia; (2) knowingly or intentionally grows or cultivates marijuana; or (3) knowing that marijuana is growing on the person’s premises, fails to destroy the marijuana plants; commits possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia, a Class B misdemeanor, except as provided in subsections (b) through (c).

Source of excerpt

Citations

  1. IC 35-48-2-4(d) (Schedule I: marijuana) (Indiana General Assembly, 2026 Indiana Code, 2026-11-07) PRIMARYOFFICIAL
  2. IC 35-48-2-4(a), (d); IC 35-48-4-11; IC 35-50-3-3 PRIMARYOFFICIAL
  3. IC 35-48-1.1-29 (marijuana definition) (Indiana General Assembly, 2026 Indiana Code, 2026-11-07)OFFICIAL
  4. IC 35-50-3-3 (Class B misdemeanor) (Indiana General Assembly, 2026 Indiana Code, 2026-11-07)OFFICIAL
  5. 2026 Indiana Code HTML download (official archive) (Indiana General Assembly, 2026-11-07)OFFICIAL
  6. Bills to legalize, decriminalize weed in Indiana fail to move forward (FOX59, 2026-11-07)NEWS

Where Weed stands across the country

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Among Indiana's 4 neighbors, Kentucky is restricted; Illinois, Michigan and Ohio are legal.

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Federal posture

Federally restricted. Marijuana stays Schedule I federally; state-licensed medical marijuana is Schedule III Federal detail

Verbatim law on file for Indiana

1 instrument on file for this compound’s framework in Indiana; 5 of 6 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

IC 35-48-2-4(a), (d); IC 35-48-4-11; IC 35-50-3-3 · Schedule I marijuana listing; possession of marijuana; Class B misdemeanor penaltyOFFICIAL
Instrument
Schedule I marijuana listing; possession of marijuana; Class B misdemeanor penalty
Source
https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/35#35-48-4-11
Retrieved
2026-11-07
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IC 35-48-2-4 Schedule I
Sec. 4. (a) The controlled substances listed in this
section are included in schedule I.
(d) Hallucinogenic substances. Unless specifically excepted or
unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or
preparation which contains any quantity of the following
hallucinogenic, psychedelic, or psychogenic substances, their salts,
isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of these salts,
isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical
designation (for purposes of this subsection only, the term "isomer"
includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers):
Marijuana (7360).

IC 35-48-4-11Possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia

     Sec. 11. (a) A person who:
(1) knowingly or intentionally possesses (pure or adulterated)
marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia;
(2) knowingly or intentionally grows or cultivates marijuana; or
(3) knowing that marijuana is growing on the person’s premises,
fails to destroy the marijuana plants;
commits possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia, a Class
B misdemeanor, except as provided in subsections (b) through (c).
     (b) The offense described in subsection (a) is a Class A
misdemeanor if:
(1) the person has a prior conviction for a drug offense; or
(2) the:
(A) marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia is packaged in a
manner that appears to be low THC hemp extract; and
(B) person knew or reasonably should have known that the
product was marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia.
     (c) The offense described in subsection (a) is a Level 6 felony if:
(1) the person has a prior conviction for a drug offense; and
(2) the person possesses:
(A) at least thirty (30) grams of marijuana; or
(B) at least five (5) grams of hash oil, hashish, or salvia.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.7. Amended by Acts
1977, P.L.340, SEC.106; Acts 1979, P.L.303, SEC.12; P.L.138-1983,
SEC.5; P.L.138-2011, SEC.17; P.L.182-2011, SEC.17; P.L.6-2012,
SEC.234; P.L.78-2012, SEC.15; P.L.196-2013, SEC.23; P.L.158-2013,
SEC.638; P.L.168-2014, SEC.102; P.L.226-2014(ts), SEC.12;
P.L.188-2017, SEC.13; P.L.153-2018, SEC.26.

IC 35-50-3-3Class B misdemeanor

     Sec. 3. A person who commits a Class B misdemeanor
shall be imprisoned for a fixed term of not more than one hundred
eighty (180) days; in addition, he may be fined not more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000).
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.8. Amended by Acts
1977, P.L.340, SEC.125.

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Compound Analytics. “Is Weed Legal in Indiana? Updated Nov 2026.” Compound Laws, https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/cannabis/indiana/. Accessed November 13, 2026.

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