Marijuana in Minnesota

249 businesses win in Minnesota’s first lottery to license cannabis businesses

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Aaron Beauchaine, right, a senior broker at Meta Commercial Cannabis Real Estate talks with Brock Dombrovski, CEO at Meta, and others at a watch party for the cannabis lottery on Thursday in Minnetonka. Beauchaine was the recipient of a retail license in an earlier lottery drawing. He said he can open up to five retail spaces and employ about 15 people at each location.
Jackson Forderer for MPR News