Supporters celebrate Senate passing recreational marijuana bill
Recreational marijuana isn't legal yet in Minnesota, but supporters are already celebrating.
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Recreational marijuana isn't legal yet in Minnesota, but supporters are already celebrating.
Now that both the Minnesota House and Senate have passed their own versions of bills legalizing recreational marijuana, a committee will meet to iron out the differences.
Members from both the House and Senate will have to get together to work out their differences before a final version heads to the governor's desk.
As the recreational cannabis bill makes its way through the Minnesota Legislature, the Minneapolis mayor is calling it a "long overdue step that needs to take place."
The Minnesota House on Tuesday passed a recreational marijuana bill in a 71-59 vote.
The Minnesota House passed the recreational cannabis bill on a 71 to 59 vote Tuesday. It's not the first time that's happened, but now that Democrats also control the Senate, that bill has its best chance ever to become law.
"Now we have something to look forward to economically, but it's also a chance for us to pause for a minute, look back on sort of the War on Drugs and the harm that's been done," said Anthony Newby, owner of Cultivated CBD.
After debating the bill late into Monday night, lawmakers tabled it just after 12 a.m. Tuesday and the House adjourned.
Recreational marijuana could soon be legalized and regulated in Minnesota under bills that are entering the final rounds of debate at the Legislature.
The Minnesota House is set to debate and vote Monday on a 300-page bill that would legalize marijuana for recreational use.
The proposal would create a new Office of Cannabis Management, tasked with oversight and allowing people 21 and older to buy, sell – if approved for state business licenses – and use marijuana.
After years of opposition to any form of marijuana legalization in Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are now working privately to build support for a medical marijuana program that could win bipartisan backing and be enacted into law later this year.
A Minnesota lawmaker said Thursday the state House will vote on a bill to legalize recreational marijuana on Monday.
Americans divided on whether they would want a licensed recreational marijuana business in their neighborhood.
Lawmakers are making moves towards legalizing marijuana in Minnesota, after two dozen hearings in different committees at the Capitol. But that isn't stopping some in the hemp industry from raising concerns about how the bill will impact their existing cannabis businesses.
Lawmakers are making moves towards legalizing marijuana in Minnesota, after two dozen hearings in different committees at the Capitol.
The Minnesota Legislature will return from its Easter-Passover break on Tuesday with a remarkably high number of bills already signed into law.
If the DFL-led legislature legalizes recreational marijuana this session, it would bring a black market industry into the light. That comes with new rules and regulations.
The DFL-led legislature is on track to legalize recreational marijuana this year, a move that would usher in a new industry and bring with it new rules and regulations.
There were those who testified in favor of the bill but it is the detailed concerns of law enforcement that are among the issues even supporters question.
Law enforcement Thursday raised strong concerns about a plan to legalize recreational marijuana in Minnesota.
Inside an unassuming warehouse in Cannon Falls, it has all the makings of a candy factory. Except what they're mixing and molding and shaking with sugar has a secret ingredient for adults only.
Inside an unassuming warehouse in Cannon Falls, it has all the makings of a candy factory. Except what they're mixing and molding and shaking with sugar has a secret ingredient for adults only.
A former Minnesota governor is vocally pushing to legalize recreational marijuana, and soon.
East Lake Craft Brewery has seen a surge in sales from their THC drink "High & Dry." But the current Cannabis Bill has language that could leave the business behind.
