THC-Laced Edibles Are Legal In MN Starting Friday

MINNESOTA — Starting Friday, Minnesotans who are 21 and older can legally purchase THC-laced edibles and beverages. THC is the active ingredient in marijuana.

The new products can contain up to 5 milligrams of THC per serving and 50 milligrams per package under the law, which was part of an omnibus bill signed by Gov. Tim Walz earlier this month.

Edibles can cause "a similar high or euphoric feeling as smoking cannabis," and in some cases "are a more potent way to deliver these cannabinoids," Medical News Today reported.

A medical condition is not required to purchase the products.

"In some ways, we legalized cannabis," Steven Brown, CEO of Nothing But Hemp, told the Star Tribune. Nothing But Hemp has four stores in the Twin Cities metro area, including one in St. Paul and another in Minneapolis.

The marketing of the THC products themselves will be heavily regulated in Minnesota. Under the new law, an edible cannabinoid product must not:

• bear the likeness or contain cartoon-like characteristics of a real or fictional person, animal, or fruit that appeals to children
• be modeled after a brand of products primarily consumed by or marketed to children

"Minnesota Cannabis Law is excited to celebrate next week's debut of sales in Minnesota of adult-use marijuana in food and beverages," cannabis lawyer and lobbyist Jason Tarasek tweeted last week.

Asked on Twitter if the products will give customers that "high" feeling, Tarasek responded, "Oh, yes."

Reporting from the Associated Press was used in this story.