Eighteen months after Minnesota legalized marijuana for adult use, the state’s new cannabis agency will officially begin to accept applications Tuesday for the first round of marijuana business licenses.
The licenses will be awarded to qualified applicants in lotteries later this spring.
The opening of the application window marks a key milestone on the path toward launching the state’s legal marijuana market for the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM).
The agency has faced challenges in recent months — including a change of leadership in January,
just weeks after it canceled a planned social equity license preapproval lottery amid a wave of litigation from applicants who alleged they were unfairly disqualified.

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