How Minnesota's new weed law aims to create equity among growers, businesses
When legal marijuana sales start, the state will cash in from cannabis taxes. But lawmakers want to re-invest that revenue in those most harmed by prohibition.
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When legal marijuana sales start, the state will cash in from cannabis taxes. But lawmakers want to re-invest that revenue in those most harmed by prohibition.
Minnesota House Republicans are continuing to call out what they say are gaps, contradictions, and loopholes within HF 100, the contentious law passed this session that legalizes the use of recreational cannabis.
With marijuana now legal, Minnesotans aren't wasting any time beginning to grow the plant at home.
With marijuana now legal, Minnesotans aren't wasting any time beginning to grow the plant at home.
Officials in White Earth report the dispensary at Waagigwan Mashkiki Dispensary in Mahnomen opened on Monday for medicinal cannabis patients, but began also selling recreational cannabis Thursday morning.
Ventura believes that recreational marijuana would be a huge boost to the state economy and would allow businesses in Minnesota to thrive.
Red Lake and White Earth reservations, which are both four-to-five-hour drives from the metro, are the only places selling cannabis on Aug. 1.
A Minnesota tobacco shop is under fire for accusations it broke the new marijuana law on day one.
Weeks before the "Great Minnesota Get-Together," recreational cannabis use for adults 21 and older will be legal starting Aug 1.
Recreational marijuana became legal in Minnesota Tuesday, but that doesn't mean businesses are clear to start selling weed yet.
Most marijuana dispensaries likely won't show up until 2025, but some Minnesotans argue selling home-grown weed is, in fact, legal right now.
Most marijuana dispensaries likely won't show up until 2025, but some Minnesotans argue selling home-grown weed is, in fact, legal right now.
Hundreds of customers flocked to the Red Lake reservation on Tuesday to buy marijuana at the first retail dispensary in the state on the same day recreational use became legal.
Hundreds of customers flocked to the Red Lake Reservation on Tuesday to buy marijuana at the first retail dispensary in Minnesota, on the same day recreational use became legal.
Cultivated CBD, like many others this week, is expanding its business and selling those sought-after seeds. The owner there, Anthony Newby, says they've already sold 12,000 seeds so far since preorders began Monday night.
Not only is recreational cannabis now officially legal for use in Minnesota – you can grow it at home, too. With the help of Ian Davis of Green Nectar Cultivation, we answer questions on the growing process.
Where can you legally smoke recreational cannabis? Can you grow cannabis in your home? Is it OK for Wisconsinites to buy marijuana in Minnesota and bring it back home? Here are answers to all your questions about the new law.
Today Minnesota becomes the 23rd state in the country to legalize cannabis for adults 21 and older.
Today cannabis officially becomes legal in Minnesota. But even so, there are still limits when it comes to buying it.
When the clock strikes midnight Tuesday, weed will be legal in Minnesota. But the state’s tribal nations will be the only places to legally operate dispensaries for at least a year.
"We want to create a good collaborative relationship with all Minnesotans, and we hope that the people who come here share that same mentality," said Red Lake Nation Tribal Secretary Samuel Strong.
Beginning Tuesday, it will be legal for adults in the state of Minnesota who are 21 and older to possess and grow cannabis.
Legalized recreational weed is coming to Minnesota on Tuesday. It's gotten us thinking at WCCO: What should the nickname for the first official day of legalization be?
Ahead of marijuana’s legalization in Minnesota Tuesday, there’s a dust-up over what the penalties are for youth offenders, and the uncertainty about the lengthy period before the administration for legalization is set up.
Just two days until marijuana is legal here and the controversies keep coming. Esme Murphy is looking into it in Sunday night's Talking Points.
