On the heels of the 2018 Farm Bill, some states have opted to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoid consumer products. One of the early movers in this area is the State of Minnesota. The regulations in Minnesota for hemp-derived...more
Minnesota Adult Use Cannabis Update -
We assisted multiple clients in completing and submitting their adult-use cannabis license applications to the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), and we continue to monitor how and...more
5/27/2025
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Business Licenses ,
Cannabis Products ,
Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
Government Agencies ,
Licensing Rules ,
Lottery ,
Marijuana ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Retail Market ,
Sales Tax ,
State and Local Government ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Revenues
These are not good times for Minnesota’s brewing industry.
Seemingly every time one opens the paper or goes online, there’s news of another longstanding Minnesota craft brewery closing its doors. Tin Whiskers, Burning...more
Like many others, we were caught up in filing a slew of Minnesota adult use cannabis applications for our clients by March 14 (which, if you were paying attention, that deadline was extended to March 15 by midnight because of...more
The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) has begun issuing final denials to the overwhelming majority of previously qualified social equity applicants (“SEA”s) ahead of its first statewide cannabis lottery on...more
America’s Dairyland does not currently have any form of either medical or adult-use cannabis. The state has tried and failed at least a couple of times on convening medical cannabis legislation (see here on the latest attempt...more
10/16/2024
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Controlled Substances Act ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Farm Bill ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hemp ,
Intoxication ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Retailers ,
THC ,
USDA ,
Wisconsin