Cannabis Cultivation Could Begin This Year As Minnesota Governor Signs Numerous Changes To Current Law
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) signed a cannabis policy bill recently that included many significant changes to the adult-use cannabis law.
The Governor’s signature comes about a week after Minnesota regulatorspassed these changes at the end of this session. Among the most important included all military veterans to its social equity program, which is expected to expand the pool of applicants for marijuana business licenses. Some 327,000 military vets reside in Minnesota.
The bill also contains a provision making social equity applicants eligible for pre-approval, enabling some of them to commence with cultivation earlier. The goal is to allow social equity …