About two-thirds of the 1,817 adult-use marijuana social equity license applicants in Minnesota were denied access to the state’s license lottery, which is expected to be held the week of Dec. 2.
Those who will be permitted in the lottery for one of 280 preapproval licenses will get official notification within two weeks, the MinnPost news outlet reported.
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The applicants who are barred from the lottery failed to complete the application process or acted improperly by submitting multiple applications or disguising the true investors in their companies, according to Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM).
“While the disappointment is understandable, the basic proxy for readiness is your ability to submit a successful application,” Charlene Briner, the OCM’s interim director, told the MinnPost.
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