Cannabis Packaging

These boxes earn their place on a crowded shelf. They print full color on the outside, they fit the exact product you put inside, and the artwork does the work a plain mailer never could. Want to see how cannabis packaging sits next to the rest of the lineup? Browse every option on custom box printing, or stay here and build yours from the choices below.

The price rewards a bigger run. A set of 250 starts at $711.78, and the per-unit cost keeps sliding as the count climbs to 25,000, so a full production order for a statewide launch costs far less per box than a small test batch. Tap any tier below to see the live total and exactly how much each step up saves before you commit.

What Are Cannabis Packaging Boxes?

Cannabis packaging is a custom-printed retail carton, printed full color on the outside in 2 sizes, from a 5" x 7" x 1.7" default up to a 5.5" x 5.5" x 2.625", on either a 14pt Uncoated Cover or an 18pt Gloss cover. Brands reach for it when a plain box would disappear: flower jars, pre-roll multipacks, edible boxes, vape shelf cartons, and concentrate packaging. Because the outside prints in full color, the box becomes the label, the shelf ad, and the unboxing all at once. If you want a raw, recycled look for a wellness angle, the Custom Kraft Boxes print the same artwork on natural kraft board.

Compliance Ready: Child Resistant and State Label Requirements

Every legal market writes its own packaging rules, and they change often. What follows is the copy that state programs most commonly demand somewhere on the pack, so you can plan the panel layout before artwork starts. It is a design checklist, not legal advice, and your state program is the only authority on what your pack must carry.

• THC and CBD content, usually as both a percentage and a total in milligrams per package, and often per serving as well.
• The state warning symbol, which is a fixed piece of artwork with a minimum size. Get the official file from your state program rather than redrawing it, because a rebuilt symbol is a common rejection.
• Batch or lot number and the license number of the cultivator, manufacturer or distributor, plus a harvest or packaged-on date in most markets.
• Net weight or volume, and for edibles a serving count and an ingredient and allergen line.
• Warning text, keep-away-from-children language and, in several states, a universal symbol placed on the principal display panel at a stated minimum height.

The box gives you the room to carry all of it. It prints full color 4/0 across the outside, so the front can stay a brand panel while a side or back panel takes the regulated block at legible size. Leave that panel unstyled and easy to update between batches, because batch and date fields change while your brand artwork does not.

On child resistance, be precise about what this product is. These are printed folding cartons in 14pt Uncoated Cover or 18pt Cover with Gloss 1 Side. They are the outer pack, and child resistance in almost every program is a property of the certified container, pouch or bag holding the product itself. Order the certified inner container your state requires, then put it in a carton that sells it. Confirm your program's requirement before you place the order.

Mylar Bags, Boxes and Labels Compared

Three formats compete for the same product, and they are not interchangeable.

Most brands end up running two of the three together: a labeled or certified inner container for the product, and a printed carton around it for the shelf. Cannabis stickers handle the batch, strain and tamper-evident layer that changes between runs, and the wider custom box printing range covers formats outside the two stock sizes here.

What Size Should Your Cannabis Box Be?

The right size comes down to what goes inside. The 5" x 7" x 1.7" default is a slim carton, right for a flat pouch, an edible bar, or a pre-roll multipack. The 5.5" x 5.5" x 2.625" is squarer and deeper, with room for a glass jar, a tin, or a bundled set. Need something larger? A custom size up to 6" x 7" is made to order. Both stock sizes, the material list, and the proofing choices are grouped below exactly the way the live configurator presents them, so you know what you can change before you change it.

What Material Should You Print On?

Two materials, two very different feels. The 14pt Uncoated Cover is natural and matte, easy to write on and clean to read, a fit for a flower or wellness brand that wants restraint. The 18pt Cover with a Gloss 1 Side is thicker and glossy on the printed face, so photos and bold color snap for a louder retail look. Both print full color (4/0) on the outside and stay blank inside, and both are printed to order on our own presses. If your product ships to the customer instead of sitting on a shelf, the Custom Mailer Boxes carry the same print onto a shipping-ready box.

Board weight, coating and what the carton actually protects

Be clear about what board does and does not do. The 18pt gives you a stiffer wall and a more scuff-resistant face than the 14pt, and both hold their shape around a jar, a tube or a tray. Neither is a barrier material. Paperboard is not airtight, it is not a light barrier on its own, and it does not contain odor. Terpene loss, light degradation and smell all get handled by the certified inner container, the mylar pouch or the sealed jar, and the carton is what protects that container from impact and what carries the brand and the regulated copy.

Both stocks print full color 4/0 on the outside over a blank interior, both are printed to order on our own New York presses, and both come in the 5 x 7 x 1.7 in and 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.625 in sizes plus custom sizing up to 6 x 7 in. Pick the 14pt when the look is matte and natural, the 18pt when the pack has to survive handling and shout across a display case.

How Much Does Cannabis Packaging Cost?

Cannabis packaging starts at $711.78 per 250 units, about $2.85 a box, and the per-unit price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 25,000, where a box runs closer to $0.37. So the real cost of a cannabis box comes down to how big a run you order. There are 9 quantity tiers in all, from a 250-unit first print to a 25,000-unit rollout. How many do you actually need? Drag the slider below to set your count and watch both the order total and the true per-unit cost update live, then find the point where one more step up barely moves the budget.

How Does Cannabis Packaging Compare to Our Other Boxes?

Cannabis packaging is the retail-shelf pick, but it is not your only box. If you are weighing a tuck-top carton, a mailer, or a kraft box, it helps to see the trade-off in plain numbers. The Roll End Tuck Top Boxes are a sturdier retail carton, the Custom Mailer Boxes are built to ship, and the Custom Kraft Boxes bring a recycled look. The chart below lines them up against cannabis packaging so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.

How Fast Can You Get Cannabis Packaging Printed?

Cannabis packaging prints on a standard 7 business day turnaround, so place your reorder before the shelf runs dry. Before it prints, you decide how careful to be: send the file straight to production, or ask for a free online proof and check the artwork, bleed, and color on screen first. With 99.8% of 4OVER4.COM orders shipping on time, the date you are quoted is the date you can plan a launch around.

What Brands Put in These Boxes

One box does a lot of jobs. Dispensaries use it as the retail carton around a flower jar or a tin, edible makers box bars and gummies in it, pre-roll brands turn it into a multipack, and vape brands use it as the shelf box for a cartridge. Cannabis rules change by state, so check what your market requires on the outside of the box before you print; our guide on whether child-resistant packaging is required for cannabis walks through the law. When you are ready to build out a full dispensary set, the cannabis dispensary printing collection gathers the matching pieces.

See the Rest of Our Packaging

Cannabis packaging is one stop in a much larger lineup. Scan the full print product range any time, or stay inside custom box printing to compare every carton, mailer, and sleeve we run. Each option shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page, so finding the right fit takes seconds.

If the product ships direct to customers rather than sitting on a dispensary shelf, look at custom mailer boxes for the shipping layer, and at pillow boxes for single pre-rolls, samples and small accessories. Everything a dispensary orders alongside the packaging, from menus to signage, sits in the cannabis dispensary printing collection.

Print Your Cannabis Packaging Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by our Gold Standard guarantees and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size and material you pick, your cannabis packaging prints full color, in-house, on a 7 business day turnaround. Set your quantity, choose straight to production or a free online proof, and print your cannabis packaging today.