Minnesota issues first cannabis business license

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has issued the first cannabis business license in the state of Minnesota.

It is going to Herb-Quest, LLC.

Herb-Quest is a microbusiness located in Brook Park in Pine County.

Its initial primary business activity will be outdoor cultivation of cannabis plants.

OCM Interim Director Eric Taubel said in a news release, “Issuing the first business license is a major milestone for the office… With our first licensed cultivator now able to begin growing plants, and more than 600 businesses within the final steps of completing their applications and securing approvals from local governments, we are now seeing the first pieces of Minnesota’s adult-use market fall into place.”