For non -capped license types, such as microbusicity, delivery services and wholesale licenses, qualified candidates will be allowed to carry out the license process without entering a lottery. Licenses for event organizers, as well as edible manufacturers and retailers of low -power hemp, will not be available until later this year.
Companies will not be able to open as long as the rules governing the legal marijuana market are in place, expected in a few weeks. Approved companies must obtain “labor agreements” with unions, undergo background studies and ensure that they comply with local zoning orders. They must also pass a pre-opened inspection through the OCM.
Another group of nearly 200 candidates for social equity who sought cannabis microbble licenses – which allow the holder to cultivate, treat and sell marijuana products – through the canceled pre -approbation lottery, Now is advancing in the license process and could open its activities earlier than those that come to come Loteries.
Cities or counties who intend to open municipal cannabis stores must submit requests during this window, but they will not be subject to a lottery.
Five of the 11 tribal countries in Minnesota are currently operating marijuana companies on tribal land. The OCM said earlier this month that it expects the first tribal compact of the state cannabis to be finalized by March, which could allow a tribe to operate up to five retail stores External reservations.