Urgent Action Needed - Help Shape Minnesota's Legal Cannabis Market!
Urgent Action Needed:
The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has created their initial set of rules for the recreational market from dispensaries to grows and all the fun legal weed side of things. The OCM is now asking all of us for public comments. In my personal opinion the most concerning proposed rule is a 70% THC limits for concentrates: my interpretation is that this rule means hash and carts made from Minnesota weed and sold out of Minnesota dispensaries could not have more than 70% THC. I have a whole list of reasons on why this is a major problem: most importantly medical cannabis patients in Minnesota that rely on high potency products. Next is overall product safety – don’t we want cannabis products that are just made from the plant and not cut with who knows what? If this is something you agree with it is CRITICAL that you submit your specific comments before next Wednesday. If we get enough Minnesotans to reach out there is very real possibility that this cap could be increased or eliminated. This is our chance to make our voices heard on these rules. Follow these steps:
In section 9810.2101 PRODUCTION AND POTENCY LIMITS Subp. 2, I oppose the 70% THC cap on cannabis concentrate products. First is because many Minnesota medical marijuana patients rely on cannabis products with a THC percentage above 70% that they are currently forced to purchase from the illicit market (in November of 2024, OCM rejected the petition to add concentrates as an allowable medical delivery method so there is no access from medical retail and if these rules are approved as written there will be no access at recreational dispensaries). Minnesotans need a safe and legal way to access these products. Additional concerns about this potency cap include: consumer safety (many cannabis concentrate products are made from only the cannabis plant and naturally will have a high THC percentage and manufacturers will be forced to cut their product with potentially unsafe materials) and driving customers to the illicit market (Minnesotans want high THC products and if they can not buy from a dispensary they will find other ways to purchase). The way to change this is to eliminate the entire line A that reads "Cannabis concentrate products designed for vaporized delivery methods for sale in the adult-use market must not exceed 70 percent THC potency."
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