Are THC Drinks Legal in Arizona? (2026)

Are THC drinks legal? Every state

Tier

schedule i

Effective

2019-08-03

What the record says

Arizona has no hemp-specific statute for finished cannabinoid products. A.R.S. 3-311(7) defines industrial hemp as the plant and any part of the plant with no more than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis; unlike the federal definition, it does not extend to derivatives, extracts or cannabinoids. A.R.S. 3-311(5) defines hemp products as products made from industrial hemp and excludes any product made to be ingested, except food made from sterile hemp seed or hemp seed oil. Under A.R.S. 13-3401(4), cannabis includes the resin extracted from any part of a cannabis plant and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of that resin or of tetrahydrocannabinol, with no industrial hemp exclusion, and cannabis is a narcotic drug (13-3401(20)(x)). The industrial hemp carve-out added by Laws 2018, ch. 287 (13-3405(I)) applies only to the marijuana offense and only to industrial hemp. A drink containing hemp-derived delta-9 THC is a preparation of tetrahydrocannabinol made to be ingested, so it is not a hemp product and is cannabis by the statutory text alone; it may be sold only within the licensed marijuana system (A.R.S. title 36, chapters 28.1 and 28.2). Attorney General Opinion I24-005 (March 11, 2024) reads A.R.S. 13-3401 to reach hemp-derived intoxicating products and the AG has enforced that reading against sellers outside licensed marijuana establishments since March 2025; the opinion is context, not law, and does not set this status or date. The current official texts of 3-311 and 13-3401 (retrieved 2026-10-29) show no 2025 or 2026 change to these definitions. --- 2026-10-29 R8 re-derivation: status and date re-derived from statute; the prior effective date (2024-03-11) was the AG opinion issue date and is withdrawn. Effective date: August 3, 2019. Laws 2018, ch. 287 (S.B. 1098), which added the 3-311 definitions (industrial hemp limited to the plant; ingestible products excluded from hemp products) and the 13-3405(I) carve-out, took effect one year from and after the general effective date of the 2018 Second Regular Session (August 3, 2018) under its section 9. The 13-3401(4) cannabis definition is older; its enactment date is not shown on the official code page.

Controlling language, verbatim

5. “Hemp products” means all products made from industrial hemp, including cloth, cordage, fiber, fuel, grain, paint, paper, construction materials, plastics and by-products derived from sterile hemp seed or hemp seed oil. Hemp products excludes any product made to be ingested except food made from sterile hemp seed or hemp seed oil. ... 7. “Industrial hemp” means the plant cannabis sativa L. and any part of such a plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths percent on a dry-weight basis.

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Citations

Federal

Federally restricted. Hemp delta-9 THC beverage - federally unscheduled inside the hemp definition; total THC standard and 0.4 mg per container cap take effect Dec 11 2026 Federal detail

THC drinks across the country

Neighboring states

• THC drinks in California Restricted
• THC drinks in Colorado Restricted
• THC drinks in New Mexico Gray area
• THC drinks in Nevada Restricted
• THC drinks in Utah Restricted

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