Stepping out into the sun from the Rise Dispensary in St. Paul on Thursday, Hanh Tran held up a brown paper bag and said it was the start of a new era.
It was her first purchase of legal recreational-use cannabis, days after Rise Dispensaries and Green Goods, the state’s two medical cannabis providers, began selling recreational-use products to customers 21 and over.
Both companies were issued medical cannabis combination business licenses on Monday, according to Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management. That allows them to convert one-third of their supply to recreational stock…