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Non-tribal cannabis dispensaries begin selling marijuana
After supply challenges, cannabis shops off tribal land are finally starting to open this week in Minnesota. Legacy Cannabis in Duluth was scheduled to begin cannabis sales on Tuesday at 4:20 p.m. while locations in the Twin Cities metro are also opening on Tuesday and Wednesday. This comes two years after recreational marijuana was legalized in Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - After supply challenges, cannabis shops off tribal land are finally starting to open this week in Minnesota.
Legacy Cannabis in Duluth was scheduled to begin cannabis sales on Tuesday at 4:20 p.m. while locations in the Twin Cities metro are also opening on Tuesday and Wednesday.
This comes two years after recreational marijuana was legalized in Minnesota.
Cannabis shops open
What we know:
Legacy Cannabis will become the first shop off tribal land to sell cannabis products legally on Tuesday. The shop on West Superior Street will sell cannabis flower grown by the White Earth Nation.
Green Goods started offering recreational products at all eight of its shops on Tuesday, including five shops in the metro.
In the metro, RISE Cannabis is slated to open five recreational dispensaries, including three in the metro, one in Willmar and another in Mankato. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is slated for 8 a.m. at all five locations.
Supply challenges
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MN cannabis businesses have licenses, but no product
Minnesota marijuana businesses are struggling after they have gotten their licenses to sell, due to no product being available to sell. FOX 9's Corin Hoggard has the story.
The backstory:
While many shops began receiving their licenses two months ago, supply issues left shops with no product on the shelves. The issue is that Minnesota shops can only sell cannabis grown in Minnesota and cultivator licenses were issued at the same time as retail licenses.
A compact cleared the way for cannabis shops to obtain products from the tribes and recently the state issued licenses to two medical cannabis dispensaries – including Green Goods and RISE – allowing them to sell recreational products.