Cannabis for Visitors: A USVI Tourist Guide

Yes, weed is legal in the US Virgin Islands. Adults 21 and older can buy and possess cannabis. No medical card, no pre-registration, no appointment. Walk into a dispensary with your ID, pay a $20 visitor fee and 18% sales tax, and you’re set.

Dispensaries are not open yet. The territory is targeting late 2026 for the first licensed sales. When they open, this is what you need to know.

For the full legal breakdown, see Is weed legal in the US Virgin Islands?.

At a glance

	Visitors (under 45 days)	Residents (45+ days)
Can you buy?	Yes, 21+ with photo ID	Yes, 21+ with VI-issued ID
Visitor fee	$20 per purchase	None
Sales tax	18%	18%
Daily purchase: flower	14 g	1 oz
Daily purchase: concentrate	3 g	10 g
Daily purchase: products	500 mg	2,000 mg
Medical card required?	No	No

There is no tourist card

If you’ve read older posts describing a $50 five-day card, a $75 ten-day card, or a $100 thirty-day card, that information is outdated. The law changed in January 2023. The USVI does not sell a tourist cannabis card of any kind.

You walk in, show your ID, and buy. The $20 visitor fee is charged at the register. That’s it.

What it costs

Item	Amount
Product price	Varies
Visitor fee	$20 flat, per purchase
Sales tax	18%

The $20 fee is per purchase, not per day, not per gram, and not per island.

How much you can buy and carry

There are two sets of limits: how much you can buy in one day and how much you can possess at any time.

	Flower	Concentrate	Products
Daily purchase (visitor)	14 g	3 g	500 mg
Possession limit (everyone)	2 oz	14 g	1 oz

You can legally possess more than you can buy in a single visit. The possession limits are the same for residents and visitors.

What counts as a valid ID

To buy as a visitor, any government-issued photo ID showing you are 21 or older works.

To claim resident status and skip the $20 fee, the dispensary can only accept three specific documents:

Accepted for resident status	Not accepted
VI driver’s license	US passport
VI voter registration card	Stateside driver’s license
VI senior citizen ID	Real ID, military ID

If you don’t have one of those three VI documents, you pay the visitor fee regardless of how long you’ve been on-island.

If you hold a medical card from home

You don’t need it to buy. Any adult 21+ can purchase without a medical card.

But if you do hold a valid medical cannabis card from another state, you can register it with the Office of Cannabis Regulation. Registration unlocks patient-level protections and higher possession limits (4 oz flower instead of 2 oz). It is optional, not required.

The registration is valid for 30 days from the date of issuance.

Three islands, three separate markets

This is the rule visitors miss most often: cannabis bought on one island cannot legally be carried to another.

• What you buy on St. Thomas stays on St. Thomas.
• What you buy on St. Croix stays on St. Croix.
• The ferry and the seaplane are not exceptions.
• Dispensaries are required to refuse a sale if they believe you’ll transport the product off-island.

Each island has its own dispensaries, its own cultivators, and its own product selection. There is no single “USVI cannabis market” you can shop across. Buy on whichever island you plan to consume on.

Where you can consume

Public consumption is illegal. Private property with the owner’s consent is the only clearly legal option right now. For the practical rundown on what’s allowed, what’s actually enforced, and how to be respectful about it, see the consumption guide.

On a cruise?

If you’re arriving by ship, the rules are the same but the logistics are different. Limited time ashore, federal jurisdiction on the ship, and your itinerary may hit multiple islands that are each separate markets. See the cruise guide.

If you’re staying longer than 45 days

After 45 days in the territory, you’re a resident under the law. That means:

	Under 45 days	45 days or more
Visitor fee	$20 per purchase	None
Daily purchase: flower	14 g	1 oz
Daily purchase: concentrate	3 g	10 g
Daily purchase: products	500 mg	2,000 mg

You don’t need to file anything to “convert.” The 45-day count is just how long you’ve been here. Bring a VI-issued ID to claim resident pricing at the dispensary.

Where to find a dispensary

Dispensaries are not open yet, but conditional licenses have been awarded. See the directory for your island:

• St. Thomas dispensaries
• St. Croix dispensaries
• St. John dispensaries

Related guides

• Is weed legal in the USVI? - the full legal picture
• Where to consume cannabis - what’s allowed, what’s real
• Cannabis and cruise ships - the cruise passenger playbook
• USVI medical cannabis card - if you want patient-level access
• Is CBD still legal? - what changed in January 2026