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First Minnesota cannabis shops open after supply challenges
Minnesota's first licensed off-tribal cannabis shops open after supply delays, with sales limited to state-grown products and a 15% state cannabis tax applied.
- Legacy Cannabis in Duluth held a ribbon-cutting at 4:20 p.m. Tuesday as Minnesota’s first off-reservation recreational dispensary began sales.
- The event followed Minnesota’s 2023 legalization of adult-use cannabis and overcame supply challenges that delayed product availability statewide.
- Green Goods opened adult-use sales at all eight of its shops Tuesday, while RISE planned openings on Wednesday, with shops offering flower, pre-rolls, and vaporizers.
- Josh Wilken-Simon called the launch historic and emphasized the industry’s focus on small craft businesses with social equity, noting tribal compacts now allow shops to source safe cannabis products.
- The openings signal continued growth as more dispensaries emerge statewide, and Legacy Cannabis announced the Legacy Cup, the Midwest’s largest cannabis festival, for September 27 in Minneapolis.
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Duluth's Legacy Cannabis is Minnesota's first licensed dispensary
DULUTH — At 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, Legacy Cannabis debuted as the state’s first licensed adult-use dispensary, offering cannabis flower and other products. “It’s historic,” said Josh Wilken-Simon, lead consultant for Legacy Cannabis Duluth. “In most other states, the first licensed dispensaries are all your big, multi-state corporations. So for a small, independent, family-owned Minnesota business to be the first state-licensed dispensary in Minneso…
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