Minnesota cannabis history
Reviewed
The House new-laws list dates adult possession amounts to August 1, 2023. The Office of Cannabis Management says state-licensed retail sales began on September 16, 2025.
This is a short history, not legal advice. The rules that apply today are on the Minnesota cannabis laws page. A date is included only when the linked page states it.
At a glance
May 29, 2014The session law says the medical-registry act was signed by the governor May 29, 2014.
August 1, 2023The House list says adults 21 and older could possess or publicly transport 2 ounces of adult-use cannabis flower as of August 1, 2023.
September 16, 2025The Office of Cannabis Management dates state-licensed adult-use retail sales to September 16, 2025.
Medical cannabis
- The medical division says products became available for patients on the registry on July 1, 2015.
Adult use
- Chapter 63 was signed by the governor May 30, 2023, at 12:14 p.m.
- Chapter 63 says that, except as otherwise provided, each section of the adult-use article is effective July 1, 2023. The House list dates the stated possession amounts to August 1, 2023. Both dates are on official pages.
- The office’s later release says state-licensed businesses began retail sales a year before the week of that September 15, 2026 announcement.
Sources
- 2 ounces of adult-use cannabis flower as of August 1, 2023
- a year before the week of that September 15, 2026 announcement
- signed by the governor May 29, 2014
- became available for patients on the registry on July 1, 2015
- signed by the governor May 30, 2023, at 12:14 p.m
Citations were checked against the linked pages on October 24, 2026. Claims without a statute, election result, regulator page, court opinion, or news report were left out.