Cannabis pre-rolls at our California dispensaries
Facts checked Sep 2026
A pre-roll is flower that a licensed producer has already ground and rolled, sold as a single or in a pack. Plain pre-rolls are only flower; infused pre-rolls add kief, hash or oil, and that concentrate counts toward California's separate 8 gram daily limit. Every pack is labeled by batch and lab tested like the flower it came from.
Shop pre-rolls on the live menu
Stock, strains and prices differ by store and change through the day; the menu is the only place on this site that says what is on a shelf right now.
Pre-rolls are the shelf for people who do not want to grind, roll or carry papers. The producer does that part under a licence, in a facility the state inspects, and the pack you buy is sealed with the same batch number and lab test as a jar of flower.
Two kinds sit on the shelf. A plain pre-roll is ground flower in a paper or a cone, usually half a gram or a gram, sold singly or in packs of two to ten. An infused pre-roll starts the same way and adds a concentrate: kief rolled into the paper, a line of hash inside, or a coating of oil. The label says which.
Plain and infused, and why the label matters
A plain pre-roll is flower and nothing else, and its label shows the strain, the net weight and the lab's potency figures. An infused pre-roll carries a second set of facts: what was added and how much. Read the label before you choose one for a first time, because the infused kind is a different product at a different strength, and the pack does not always look different from the outside.
Packs are sealed by the distributor. The count and the total weight on the front are the net cannabis, and a pack of five half-gram pre-rolls is 2.5 grams of flower on the label and on the register.
How pre-rolls count against the daily limit
A plain pre-roll counts as flower: its weight goes against the 28.5 gram daily limit for non-concentrated cannabis, gram for gram. An infused pre-roll counts twice, in a sense. The flower inside counts toward the 28.5 grams, and the concentrate inside counts toward the separate 8 gram limit on concentrate, because California's limit applies to concentrate contained in a product as well as sold on its own. In practice the amounts are small, and a normal pack does not come close to either figure.
Choosing one for a first time
Start with a plain single rather than an infused pack. A half-gram pre-roll is the smallest format most stores carry and it is easy to put down and finish later. The strain names and the lab figures on the menu mean the same thing they mean on a jar of flower; our guide to reading a dispensary menu explains them. The infused shelf is there for a second visit, once you know how the plain version lands.
Keeping a pack after opening
A pre-roll dries out faster than a jar of flower, because it is already ground. The tube or tin it came in keeps the ones you have not used in reasonable shape for a couple of weeks; an airtight jar is better beyond that. Keep the pack out of the car in summer and out of reach of children and pets, in its child-resistant packaging.
Questions people ask
- What does infused mean on a pre-roll?
- That a concentrate was added to the flower before rolling: kief dusted through it, hash inside it, or oil applied to the paper. The label names the concentrate and the amount. It is a stronger product than a plain pre-roll from the same strain, and the concentrate inside counts toward California's 8 gram concentrate limit.
- Do pre-rolls count as flower for the daily limit?
- A plain pre-roll does: its net weight counts toward the 28.5 gram limit on non-concentrated cannabis. In an infused pre-roll the flower still counts that way and the concentrate inside counts toward the separate 8 gram figure. The register applies both to the whole basket.
- Are the pre-rolls made from the same flower as the jars?
- Often from the same harvests, and always under the same rules: a licensed producer, a sealed pack, a batch number and a lab test. Some producers roll smalls and shake from a harvest, which is why a pre-roll can cost less per gram than the jar of the same strain beside it.
Guides that go deeper
- How much you can buy in one day in California · An adult can buy 28.5 g of flower, 8 g of concentrate and 6 immature plants a day in California. How a basket is counted, with a table of flower weights.
- How to read a dispensary menu · A menu card gives the category, strain type, lab-tested potency, size and price. How to read each part, compare prices by the gram and spot a special.
- What happens on a first dispensary visit · The ID check before the sales floor, what to tell the budtender, choosing a first product by format and dose, paying, and what the rules say about samples.
