Tag: Marijuana
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...
Walz’s new cannabis director resigns after one day
Gov. Tim Walz’s appointee to lead the new Office of Cannabis Management announced her resignation Friday night one day after being named to the...
Background of Walz’s new cannabis director scrutinized
A little more than eight months ago, Erin DuPree opened “Loonacy,” a low-potency, hemp derived edibles store inside a 1,100 square foot retail space at an...