Jul. 22—East Grand Forks City Attorney Ron Galstad seems flummoxed by a lack of information about regulating the new cannabis law in Minnesota.
At a meeting earlier this week of the East Grand Forks City Council,
Galstad said he doesn't want to appear evasive
when people ask him questions about the new law, but he simply doesn't have any good answers to give.
He and others from East Grand Forks have reached out to the state and even called the Attorney General's Office seeking clarification and answers.
"Nobody is, at this time, giving you any real answers because nobody really seems to know," Galstad told City Council members.
On May 30, Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill that legalized recreational marijuana in Minnesota for adults, age 21 and older.
Starting Aug. 1, it's legal to possess and grow marijuana, although possession is limited to 2 pounds at home and 2 ounces in public. Minnesotans with misdemeanor marijuana charges will have their records expunged.
Actual retail stores — which will collect a 10% tax on the product — are farther down the road.
But as Minnesota becomes the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana, confusion is bubbling at the local level.
This isn't the right way to do this, and the state needs to work now to fix its haphazard approach to legalization. It reminds us of 2022, when the state approved hemp-derived edibles.
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