Prompted by legal challenges over the state’s recreational cannabis licensing process, Minnesota’s regulatory agency says the issuance of permits will be delayed for months, quashing expectations of the market opening in early 2025.
Under a new timeline, licenses will be issued via lottery sometime between May and June, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced Wednesday.
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The agency initially was expected to conduct a licensing lottery on Dec. 2, 2024.
In October, the regulator said it expected adult-use regulations to be finalized by the first quarter of 2025 followed by the launch of sales.
State moves away from preapproval process
Now, the OCM is ending the license preapproval process in favor of a standard licensing process for both social equity and general
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