Assistant Attorney General Oliver Larson, who represented the OCM in court on Monday, warned that if the lottery for social equity applicants is delayed too long, the office might have to abandon it entirely. That would mean no early cultivation, and no opportunity for the 648 social equity applicants who made it into the lottery to get preapproved for a license.
A Ramsey County judge blocked the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) from holding the lottery in response to lawsuits filed by applicants. Read More