ST. PAUL, Minn. ––The Minnesota House approved the final draft of the bill to legalize recreational cannabis with a73-57 margin. This final draft was from a joint Senate-House committee. The revision still needs senate approval, which sems a certainty. The final deal would legalize marijuana for recreational use but also allow for new state-licensed businesses that will grow, manufacture and sell at retail dispensaries marijuana products. The bill would appropriate $15 million to the state Traffic Safety Office to train drug recognition evaluators. The bill also would fund a roadside testing pilot project for $2.6 million.
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