Cannabis tinctures at our California dispensaries
Facts checked Sep 2026
A tincture is cannabis extract dissolved in oil or alcohol and sold in a dropper bottle, taken under the tongue or added to food or a drink. The label states total THC and CBD in milligrams per package and most brands print the amount per dropper, so a dose can be measured. Tinctures count toward California's 8 gram concentrate limit.
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Tinctures are the quiet shelf. No smoke, no vapour, no gummy: a small bottle with a dropper, and a label that tells you how many milligrams are in the whole bottle and in a single dropper. They are the format for people who want to measure a dose in drops rather than in pieces, and for anyone who would rather not inhale anything.
Because the milligrams are the whole point, the label is the product. Two bottles the same size can differ by ten times in strength, and the only way to tell is the total on the front and the per-dropper line on the back.
Reading a tincture label
The front states the total THC and CBD in the bottle in milligrams; the back or side states the serving, usually a full or half dropper, and the milligrams in it. Bottles also come in ratios, written as CBD to THC, such as 1:1 or 20:1; the label guide explains how to read them. Tinctures made with alcohol and tinctures made with oil are both on the shelf, and the label names the base.
How a tincture is taken
Most people hold the drops under the tongue for a minute before swallowing, which is faster than eating the same amount, or add them to a drink or food, which behaves like an edible. Because the drop count is in your hands, the edible dosage guide's rule applies: start with the smallest measured amount, wait, and do not add more the same evening. A dropper is not a precise instrument, and a half dropper is a normal place to begin.
Tinctures and the daily limit
A tincture counts toward the 8 gram limit on concentrated cannabis, by the weight of extract in the bottle, which is a small fraction of the bottle's weight. It does not count toward the flower limit. One bottle is nowhere near the daily figure.
Keeping a bottle
Store a tincture in its box, upright, in a cool cupboard away from light; an oil-based tincture can thicken in the cold and thin in heat, and neither harms it. Keep the cap tight and the bottle out of reach, because it looks like any other dropper bottle in a bathroom cabinet. The date on the label is the date to go by.
Questions people ask
- How many milligrams are in one dropper?
- It depends on the bottle, which is why the label prints it. A 1,000 milligram bottle with 30 droppers is about 33 milligrams a dropper; a 300 milligram bottle of the same size is about 10. Read the per-serving line on the back before measuring anything.
- Is a tincture an edible?
- Legally it is an orally consumed product rather than an edible, which is why bottles can carry more total milligrams than the 100 milligram cap on adult-use edibles. In use it behaves like one when swallowed and faster when held under the tongue. The dosage rules for a first time are the same.
Guides that go deeper
- Edible dosage, explained simply · California's guidance: start with 5 mg of THC or less and wait at least two hours. Reading servings, tinctures and drinks, storage, and too much.
- How to read a California cannabis label · The universal symbol, the warning, total THC on flower, milligrams per serving on products, the batch and the packaging date: what every label must show.
- 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.
