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Shipping constraints are holding Minnesota’s rising cannabis stores back from real momentum

Angel Bursch's business is licensed to grow cannabis at one site and sell it nearby.

Although the sites are within a 20-minute drive from each other, the Grand Rapids woman said it feels like they're awfully far apart these days. With so few companies licensed to transport cannabis in Minnesota, getting her product from point A to point B isn't so simple.

"We're totally stuck," said Bursch, owner of Loonatixz Genetixz. "The whole state of Minnesota is pretty much stuck because no one can transport anything."

Two years after Minnesota legalized recreational cannabis, Bursch and others who have high hopes for cannabis dispensaries in Greater Minnesota say this transportation bottleneck is contributing to supply shortages, stymying independent businesses as they attempt to get a foothold in the industry.

Read more at Minn Post

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