Minnesota Medical Cannabis Patients Will Be Able to Access Flower Next Month
Thu / Feb 17th
Starting next month, Minnesota medical cannabis patients will be able to buy whole flower products, including pre-rolls.
Medical cannabis was legalized in 2014 by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, but recreational cannabis bills have yet to make it past the state senate. Read the latest news and policy updates on Minnesota cannabis here:
Thu / Feb 17th
Starting next month, Minnesota medical cannabis patients will be able to buy whole flower products, including pre-rolls.
Thu / Jan 27th
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) included $25 million in his supplemental budget for creating a Cannabis Management Office and asked lawmakers to approve adult-use reforms.
Tue / Jan 4th
Green Thumb Industries Inc. has closed on its acquisition of LeafLine Industries, which owns one of Minnesota’s two vertical licenses, giving GTI a national presence in 15 states.
Thu / Dec 23rd
Minnesota cannabis officials said that hemp-derived tinctures and other CBD and Delta-8 THC products are illegal because the FDA has not formally approved the cannabinoid products.
Tue / Dec 7th
Medical cannabis patients in Minnesota will have the option to purchase cannabis-infused gummies and chews starting August 2022.
Tue / Oct 5th
The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of someone arrested with hemp CBD vape cartridges, claiming the state’s hemp law does not extend to liquid mixtures containing THC (even if under the 0.3% THC threshold).
Mon / Sep 13th
Medical cannabis dispensaries in Minnesota are partnering with volunteer attorneys from St. Paul’s Mitchell Hamline School of Law to host expungement clinics and help people clear their records of nonviolent cannabis charges.
Mon / Jun 21st
If the bid is successful, Minnesota would be the first state with a medical cannabis program that would appeal directly to the federal government for gun rights on behalf of its enrollees.
Thu / Jun 10th
Goodness Growth Inc. said it will research the effect of “naturally derived” psychedelics on a variety of psychological disorders.
Wed / May 26th
Kevin Ne Se Shores, a former Minnesota Grassroots Legalize Cannabis Party candidate for Congress, has accused GOP strategist Kip Christianson of encouraging him to launch his campaign to siphon pro-cannabis votes from Democrats.
Wed / May 19th
Minnesota’s legislature approved a bill to allow smokable cannabis products in the state’s medical cannabis program.
Fri / May 14th
Lawmakers in the Minnesota House advanced the chamber’s cannabis legalization bill but Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R) said that the legislation is already “up in smoke” in the Senate.
Tue / May 11th
Minnesota’s hemp production plan was given final approval by the USDA this week; it will be the state’s first year not operating under its 2014 pilot program.
Mon / May 10th
Lawmakers in the Minnesota House are expected to vote on a cannabis legalization proposal this week.
Wed / Apr 28th
Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis legalization proposal advanced through another legislative committee this week — it is the bill’s ninth favorable committee vote.
Mon / Apr 26th
A 20-year study investigating sets of identical twins with different cannabis habits found no evidence of significant long-term impact on cognitive abilities due to cannabis use.
Mon / Mar 8th
Minnesota’s Senate Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee voted unanimously to advance a measure giving medical cannabis patients access to cannabis flower.
Fri / Feb 19th
For the first time ever, a proposal for legalizing adult-use cannabis has passed through a legislative committee in Minnesota.
Mon / Feb 8th
A Minnesota state Rep. has proposed reclassifying medical cannabis as a Schedule 2 substance so patients would be able to legally keep their firearms under federal law.
Thu / Feb 4th
Minnesota Democrats are cranking up their efforts to enact sensible cannabis reforms with Democratic House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler calling adult-use legalization a “mainstream, bipartisan, broadly supported issue.”
Tue / Jan 26th
Minnesota Sen. Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R) said he has no plans to work toward cannabis legalization this year and that such reforms aren’t “right for the state.”
Thu / Nov 12th
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have validated a genetics test that they say predicts whether a cannabis plant will be rich with either THC or CBD.
Mon / Sep 28th
Minnesota’s Second Congressional District election has been delayed due to the unexpected death of the Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Adam Charles Weeks.
Mon / Jul 20th
The USDA has officially approved Minnesota’s hemp cultivation program; the final regulations are unchanged from the state’s 2016 pilot program.
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