CannaPath Cannabis Compliance Blog

Drew Duffy, MHA, FACHE · Founder, CannaPath Regulatory Solutions A few years back, a colleague of mine left a long career in healthcare and decided to open a cannabis shop here in Minnesota. Careful person. Did his homework on just about everything or thought he had. He found a location he loved, negotiated a good lease, and signed it before he called me. The spot sat too close to a protected use. It broke the buffer rule. And backing out of a signed commercial lease is n

By Drew Duffy, MHA, FACHE Founder & Managing Director, CannaPath Most people think finding a retail location is one of the last major hurdles before opening a cannabis business. For some Minnesota operators, it has become the mistake that costs them the most money. Prospective retailers have signed commercial leases after receiving verbal approval from a landlord — only to discover later that the property cannot legally be licensed because of where it sits. By then the lease