CannaPath Cannabis Compliance Blog

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

By: Drew Duffy MHA, FACHE, Founder & Managing Director How the FPOR revision cycle quietly runs Minnesota operators out of time — and how to submit an approvable plan the first time. If you have preliminary approval from the Office of Cannabis Management, you have already cleared the hardest part of getting into Minnesota's market. Whether you won a lottery for a capped license or qualified directly for an uncapped one, you did something most applicants did not. The trouble i