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What places are high on the list for cannabis-friendly travel?

The Mile High City leads the way for marijuana vacation appeal.
April 30, 2025

Want to celebrate 4/20? Here are dozens of weed-themed events across Minnesota.

A guide to cannabis-related celebrations, specials and discounts this weekend.
April 18, 2025
An attendee celebrates at 4:20 p.m. by lighting up marijuana during the Mile High 420 Festival Friday, April 20, 2018, in Denver. The annual celebration was projected to attract an estimated 50,000 people in Civic Center Park.

Minnesota could soon launch its legal marijuana market. Here’s what happens next.

The regulations that will govern the cannabis industry took effect Monday. The state’s first pot business licenses could be issued within weeks.
April 14, 2025
Young cannabis plants grow in the Otsego facility run by Minnesota Medical Solutions.

Judge orders Minnesota cannabis agency to hold canceled license lottery after all

The state’s Office of Cannabis Management had a legal obligation to conduct the social equity preapproval lottery, a Ramsey County judge ruled on Friday.
April 6, 2025

Olmsted County talks low-dose hemp sales compliance, cannabis lottery

County officials are setting age-compliance rules for businesses selling THC-infused edibles and beverages.
April 6, 2025

Minnesota could license hundreds of marijuana retailers, cultivators in coming months

The state Office of Cannabis Management has received more than 3,500 cannabis business license applications as it sends regulations to a judge for final approval.
March 27, 2025
FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2013, file photo, different strains of pot are displayed for sale at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver. Nationwide marijuana legalization seems inevitable to three-fourths of Americans, according to a new poll out Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The Pew Research Center survey on the nation's shifting attitudes about drug policy also showed increased support for moving away from mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenders.

Minnesota judge rules that state can still prosecute marijuana crimes on tribal land

A man and his attorney argued that the state can’t prosecute him because of tribal protections and the state’s recent cannabis legalization.
March 17, 2025

Minnesota extends deadline for cannabis business applications after system outage

The portal for those seeking licenses to operate cannabis businesses shut down Friday.
March 16, 2025

Minnesota’s plan to let tribes open off-reservation pot stores first draws fairness complaints

Some entrepreneurs and advocates say Minnesota is giving tribal nations an unfair advantage over state-licensed businesses.
March 14, 2025

Minnesota’s new cannabis chief on tribal compacts, rules and when state could see a ‘pretty robust’ legal pot market

In an interview, Office of Cannabis Management interim director Eric Taubel discusses tribal compacting, rulemaking and why Minnesota has taken longer than some other states to launch retail sales.
February 21, 2025

Minnesota cannabis agency begins accepting license applications for pot businesses

Applications for most license types will be accepted starting Tuesday until March 14 with licenses scheduled to be awarded in lotteries later this spring.
February 18, 2025

Tribes could get early foothold in Minnesota marijuana market, each open 5 off-reservation pot stores

Tribal nations could get to open marijuana dispensaries in Minnesota before most state-licensed businesses under long-awaited compacts.
February 12, 2025
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