Minnesota state rep.: Recreational marijuana legalization could be introduced next session

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Democratic control of the Minnesota Legislature could lead to the legalization of recreational marijuana this spring.   

Representative Mike Freiberg of Golden Valley said the bill that passed in the House last year had bi-partisan support.  

“It had a robust regulatory framework,” Freiberg said. “It had provisions like expungement of offenses. It secured some of the funding for communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.”

Freiberg thinks similar legislation could be introduced in the upcoming session.  

Democrats will have a slim, one-vote majority in the Minnesota Senate.