Minnesota marijuana retailers are burning to get started with sales, but two months after the first licenses went out, they have nothing but papers. Legalization was signed into law 27 months ago now, so people hoped getting their licenses from the state was essentially the finish line and they could open.
But the state has now licensed several retailers and none of them can get out of the starting gate.
Fridley Dispensary looks ready to roll. Owner Jen Swanson spent a couple of years jumping through all the hoops to get her license from the Office of Cannabis Management and hoped to get customers right inside.
"We would open immediately," she said. "We're ready, yeah, and the public's ready."
But her shelves are empty. Minnesota's marijuana law says retailers can only buy cannabis grown in Minnesota.
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