Minnesota’s first state-licensed cannabis dispensaries opened this fall — two years after lawmakers legalized recreational use.
While tribal-owned dispensaries have operated since 2023, this development marks the first time non-tribal stores are serving recreational-use customers under state law.
Dominic O’Brien, chief commercial officer at Green Thumb Industries, which owns RISE Dispensaries, has worked in the cannabis industry for six years and says the moment has been a long time coming…