State lawmakers are working through a number of modifications to the law Gov. Tim Walz signed last year legalizing adult-use cannabis in the state.
There are dozens of mostly technical changes in the works at the Capitol. But there's a hardy debate over the process for giving social equity applicants a leg up in getting cannabis business licenses. The bill gets its next House hearing on Tuesday.
The bill legalizing use of cannabis for Minnesotans 21 and older created a new state agency tasked with licensing businesses and overseeing a legal market. It gives higher priority to social equity applicants — those who were disproportionately held back by the prior criminalization of cannabis due to their race, community, or other attributes.
The law also mandated the expungement of misdemeanor cannabis offenses, and that's starting to happen.
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