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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Adult use, aka recreational, marijuana will be officially legal in Minnesota as of August 1, 2023, but the first legal purchase of such a product will likely be around a year away.
“It will take a while for us to stand up the adult use cannabis market in Minnesota,” said Jason Tarasek, a Minneapolis attorney serving as counsel to Vicente, LLP, who has done extensive work on cannabis legislation in Minnesota.
“The Office of Cannabis Management, which will be charged with issuing licenses and regulating the adult use market does not currently exist,” Tarasek explained. “It’s anticipated it’ll be a new agency with as many as a hundred employees.”
That office will need to hire employees, name a director, and issue rules and guidance before any state-licensed recreational dispensaries open in the state. “I expect it will not be until the middle of 2024 when we see the first dispensaries open,” Tarasek speculated.
In this respect, the ramp up to adult use sales in Minnesota will likely look somewhat like what the process to open the first medical dispensaries took in South Dakota, with one notable exception: “[The first dispensaries] likely will be run by our current medical marijuana companies,” explained Tarasek, “because they have product.” [Read More @ Keloland]
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