Tag: Marijuana
Another Walz cannabis ‘czar’ steps down
The longtime DFL bureaucrat who Gov. Tim Walz tapped to help him appoint the state’s first-ever (and short-lived) cannabis "czar" has stepped down as the...
‘Social equity applicants’ get first dibs on cannabis licenses under legalization...
The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is giving priority to applications from individuals who were formerly convicted of cannabis-related offenses as part of Minnesota’s...
Study finds teen marijuana use tied to dramatic increased risk of...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- A study published Wednesday found that teens who use cannabis are 11 times more likely to be diagnosed with...
Equal Rights Amendment, other hot-button issues up in the air as...
The days are dwindling for the DFL “trifecta” to pass its latest round of signature legislation at the Minnesota Capitol. It’s a “trifecta” that...
Legislators head back to work after Easter break with 8 weeks...
After a four-day Easter break that symbolically represents the mid-point of the legislative session, Minnesota’s 133 House members and 67 senators headed back to...
Legislators consider several marijuana bills, including ban on certain flavored products
Almost a year following the Minnesota legislature’s passage of a bill to legalize the use and sale of recreational marijuana, lawmakers are continuing to tie up...
Report: Walz’s office didn’t view full background check of cannabis czar...
A new report released Thursday says Gov. Tim Walz’s office “departed from its Standard Operating Procedure” when it appointed Erin Dupree to lead the...
Report to examine process Walz followed in hiring cannabis czar who...
The Office of the Legislative Auditor is expected to release tomorrow morning what it’s calling a “preliminary assessment” of the process Gov. Tim Walz “followed...
MDH: 39% of inspected cannabinoid dealers sell illegal ‘high-risk’ products
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) found that 39% of inspected hemp-derived cannabinoid retailers are selling products with illegally high doses of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Currently,...
Ex cannabis director says she was told ‘not to speak to...
The St. Paul small business entrepreneur who resigned Friday evening just 36 hours after Gov. Tim Walz appointed her to serve as the state’s first director of the Office...