{"id":1734367,"date":"2022-11-10T22:47:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T03:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734367"},"modified":"2022-11-10T22:47:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T03:47:49","slug":"minnesota-governor-promises-marijuana-legalization-will-be-one-of-first-bills-passed-under-newly-flipped-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-governor-promises-marijuana-legalization-will-be-one-of-first-bills-passed-under-newly-flipped-legislature\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Governor Promises Marijuana Legalization Will Be One Of First Bills Passed Under Newly-Flipped Legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-governor-promises-marijuana-legalization-will-be-one-of-first-bills-passed-under-newly-flipped-legislature%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734367&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Come next year, Minnesota may be the next state to legalize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/marijuana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marijuana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota\u2019s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) flipped the state Senate on Tuesday, securing a trifecta for the first time in nearly a decade: both chambers of the state legislature and the governorship. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubhouse.com\/room\/M8n53n6A?t=631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> former Governor Jesse Ventura in a phone call that marijuana legalization would be one of the first bills passed through this trifecta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sticking point for cannabis in Minnesota were the Republicans and the house they controlled,\u201d stated Ventura. \u201cWell, they\u2019ve lost it now, and the governor reassured me that one of the first items that will be passed \u2014 Minnesota, get ready \u2014 cannabis is going to have its prohibition lifted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ventura added that Walz also invited him to the bill\u2019s signing. The former governor has reportedly attempted to legalize marijuana for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Walz\u2019s remarks this year, the governor may also have an eye on expunging marijuana convictions in the state. Walz\u2019s vision preceded President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-mass-pardon-for-marijuana-possession-likely-benefitting-offenders-guilty-of-worse-crimes-expert-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass pardon<\/a> of those convicted of simple marijuana possession last month.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s time to legalize adult-use cannabis and expunge cannabis convictions in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovTimWalz\/status\/1516926643864055809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legalization of the drug advances as more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joint-session-questioning-the-senates-debate-on-the-decriminalization-of-marijuana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questions<\/a> arise among legislators and medical professionals on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/going-green-the-physical-mental-and-emotional-problems-associated-with-marijuana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connection<\/a> between marijuana usage and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/could-marijuana-use-play-a-role-in-mass-shootings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental illness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just last weekend, pop star icon Aaron Carter was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/heres-what-police-found-in-the-room-with-aaron-carter-when-he-died\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discovered<\/a> dead in his bathtub. Carter stated three days prior that he\u2019d been \u201cCalifornia sober\u201d for five years \u2014 abstaining from all drugs except cannabis and prescribed pharmaceuticals like Xanax. Carter had a lengthy history of addiction and mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>Walz\u2019s initiative wouldn\u2019t be transitioning Minnesota from total prohibition to full legalization of the drug. He directed state agencies to form policies that could be implemented upon legalization.<\/p>\n<p>According to the state\u2019s legislative reference library, the legislature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrl.mn.gov\/guides\/guides?issue=cannabis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legalized<\/a> medical marijuana in 2014, but consumption could only take place through pills, oils, or vapor initially. Then last year, the state relaxed this law to allow the smoking of dried marijuana leaves and consumption of \u201cedibles\u201d (gummies and chews). The latter went into effect in August.<\/p>\n<p>The state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/people\/cannabis\/patients\/conditions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">qualifies<\/a> 17 conditions for medical marijuana usage: Alzheimer\u2019s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), autism spectrum disorder (must meet DSM-5), cancer, chronic motor or vocal tic disorder, chronic pain, glaucoma, HIV\/AIDS, inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., Crohn\u2019s disease), intractable pain, obstructive sleep apnea, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), seizures (e.g., epilepsy), severe and persistent muscle spasms (e.g., multiple sclerosis, or MS), sickle cell disease, terminal illness with a life expectancy of under one year, and Tourette Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Those with cancer or a terminal illness must have one or more of the following symptoms: severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting, or cachexia or severe wasting.<\/p>\n<p>The legislature also implemented a law earlier this year allowing individuals over 21 to purchase products containing five or less milligrams of the psychoactive drug THC derived from hemp. Marijuana and hemp are the same species \u2014 the primary difference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/hemp-vs-marijuana%23hemp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exists<\/a> in their THC content. Hemp has 0.3 percent or less THC, while marijuana has over 0.3 percent, therefore resulting in the drug\u2019s typical high.<\/p>\n<p>November 6 marked the tenth anniversary of Colorado and Washington becoming the first states to legalize recreational marijuana. Since then, Washington, D.C., Guam, and 19 states have followed suit: Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come next year, Minnesota may be the next state to legalize marijuana. Minnesota\u2019s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) flipped the state Senate on Tuesday, securing a trifecta for the first time in nearly a decade: both chambers of the state legislature and the governorship. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz reportedly told former Governor Jesse Ventura in a phone &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":243,"featured_media":1734370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/243"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}