MINNEAPOLIS— Over the past year, Jen Randolph Reise has helped businesses across Minnesota prepare for legal cannabis.
“I like to see it because the speed limits have changed and people don’t know what the speed limits are,” said Reise, Head of Business and Cannabis Law, North Star Law Group.
She’s one of the state’s top experts on what you can and can’t do on April 20.
“This is exciting to be the first 4/20 where people can openly smoke and be open about enjoying cannabis and our cannabis users,” said Reise.
Reise says that outside of tribal dispensaries and home cultivation, the only legal way to get cannabis is if someone gives it to you for free.
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“So the gift rule should be a fairly narrow exception,” Reise explained. “You can make an actual gift of up to two ounces from one person to one person.”
Minnesotans 21 and older can enjoy:
– maximum 60 grams of cannabis buds and 8 grams of concentrate
– edibles with a maximum of 800 milligrams of THC
– and up to 2 pounds of marijuana at home.
The most important thing is where you decide to consume it.
“Private property, so parties in the backyard or parties in a house, yes, the homeowner can totally allow that,” Reise said.
Reise says people can smoke marijuana wherever they can smoke cigarettes. However, there are some exceptions to the rule.
“You can’t smoke in your car, even if it’s not going anywhere. You know, it can trip some people up, right? Especially if, for example, the landlord doesn’t let them smoke in their apartment.” Reise said.
and if you’re going to a 4/20 event tomorrow, Reise recommends keeping your stash… put away.
“I recommend people treat it like alcohol, put it in the trunk and make sure it’s out of the driver’s reach,” Reised explains. “Just to minimize the risk that if you get pulled over, you could be cited under the cannabis versions of the open container law.”
Allen Henry
