In 2022, a new Minnesota law clarified that low-THC hemp products, including edibles, are legal in Minnesota. What are the details of that law? How did the law come about? Minn Statutes §151.72 Certain Cannabinoid Products This 2022 statute clarifies that certain cannabinoid products are lawful to sell and possess. What are those certain cannabinoid… Read More »Low-THC Hemp Products Legal in Minnesota
Minnesota is a laggard on the Legal Adult Use front. But for one client of Gallagher Criminal Defense facing large marijuana possession charges, prison is now off the menu. Marijuana Attorney Thomas Gallagher filed a motion asking a judge to Suppress Evidence, due to an illegal search of a rental van. And the result? After a Contested Omnibus… Read More »Large Marijuana Case on I-94; Gallagher Wins Illegal Search
Wide acclaim met Minnesota’s decrim law in 1976. It “decriminalized” possession of a small amount of marijuana, by making it a petty misdemeanor, so it would no longer be a criminal offense. Or did it? Not really. And that’s the bad news. But the good news is that we can clean up the law with… Read More »Why Minnesota’s Marijuana Decrim Law Is Broken; How To Fix It
Once upon a time in Minnesota, an expungement restored a person convicted of a crime to full rights of citizenship. But today, for example, a typical Minnesota Expungement does not restore civil rights to: So Minnesota expungement is broken. What can we do to fix it? To fix something, we first diagnose the problem and… Read More »Civil Rights, Guns & Marijuana: Expungement is Broken in Minnesota
CBD legal status was a grey area. But since July 1, 2019, that grey area has become black letter law. Minnesota’s legislature passed a new law amending the definition of “hemp” to the match the 2018 federal statutes’ definition. The new law, effective July 1, 2019, Minnesota Statutes § 18K.02 “DEFINITIONS,” says: “Subd. 3. “Industrial hemp” means the… Read More »CBD Is Legal Now in Minnesota
Is it time? Opposing legalization is now political suicide Opposing marijuana legalization for responsible adult use is now political suicide. That might surprise some. But much has changed. Recently Gallup reported its polling on the issue: “Sixty-six percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana.” Democracy? Bipartisan Majorities And support is bipartisan. More Democrats support marijuana legalization than Republicans. But “Gallup found… Read More »Marijuana Legalization in Minnesota: the Right Way