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Minnesota medical cannabis in 2026: patients and sales
Minnesota's medical cannabis program has more than 90,000 registered patients, according to the Office of Cannabis Management's September 15 update. A separate weekly registry table listed 91,708 active approved patients on August 27. Those figures have different dates and labels; neither is a count of people who bought cannabis that month.
Source checked September 22, 2026. This page preserves dated snapshots, not a live patient counter or medical advice.
What the patient counts mean
September 15 OCM press update
More than 90,000
Registered medical cannabis patients. OCM describes enrollment as more than doubled from just over 41,000 before patient-fee removal and qualifying-condition expansion.
Read the OCM releaseAugust 27 registry checkpoint
91,708
Patients with approved enrollment who were active in the Registry on that dated weekly update. It is not a September 15 count.
See the weekly registry tableDecember 2025 market analysis
More than 72,000
Active patients at the end of 2025, up from 37,230 in August 2022. The older report and newer press update should not be collapsed into one time series without their dates.
Read the OCM market analysisThe figures above measure enrollment, not purchases, clinical outcomes, or how many people need a medical card. For the application process and costs, use the Minnesota medical-card guide and cost breakdown.
Medical cannabis sales, January through July 2026
The dated OCM Cannabis Market Monitor extract reports monthly medical retail sales. July reached $10,013,765. August and September were not available in the September 1 extract; blank does not mean zero.
| Month | Medical sales |
|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | $8,837,371 |
| Feb 2026 | $8,549,844 |
| Mar 2026 | $9,404,137 |
| Apr 2026 | $10,023,467 |
| May 2026 | $9,274,559 |
| Jun 2026 | $9,196,594 |
| Jul 2026 | $10,013,765 |
| August and September | Unavailable in this extract |
The chart uses a fixed $12 million scale and rounds display labels to whole dollars. The dated Market Monitor archive contains the exact cents, adult-use comparison, and downloadable CSV. Extracted 2026-09-01; verified 2026-09-03.
The other medical-sales figure is a different period
OCM's September 15 anniversary release estimated roughly $100 million in medical retail sales since state-licensed adult-use sales began in September 2025. It also estimated roughly $150 million adult-use, for more than $250 million combined. Those are approximate first-year press figures, not the January-to-July 2026 sum in the chart above. Do not add them to the monthly rows.
The numbers reconciliation explains the anniversary press figure, July's one-month total, and the dashboard's trailing-year card side by side.
Quick answers
- How many Minnesota medical cannabis patients were registered in 2026?
- OCM said more than 90,000 registered patients on September 15. Its separate weekly Registry page listed 91,708 active approved patients on August 27. Keep the date and definition with either number.
- Did medical enrollment fall after adult-use sales began?
- OCM reported enrollment above 90,000 in September 2026, compared with just over 41,000 before the 2023 and 2024 program changes. Those endpoints show growth over that broader period; they do not isolate the effect of adult-use sales.
- Is the roughly $100 million medical-sales figure a 2026 year-to-date total?
- No. It is OCM's approximate figure for the first year after state-licensed adult-use retail launched in September 2025. The chart here covers only January through July 2026.
- Do these totals tell me whether a medical card is worth getting?
- No. Market totals describe the program, not an individual's medical eligibility, costs, or likely savings. Start with the medical-card pros and cons and official patient guidance.
Method and sources
This page uses only published OCM material: the September 15 anniversary release, the August 27 weekly Registry checkpoint, the 2025 Market Analysis submitted in January 2026, and the September 1 Market Monitor extract already preserved by Hub. Patient definitions and reporting dates are left visible. No search-result snippets, community anecdotes, estimated missing months, or patient-level data are used.
The OCM pages can update after this review. Verify a current number at the original source before citing it as current.
How the Minnesota medical-card process works