Minnesota Receives 12 Applications from Potential Medical Marijuana Manufacturers

Noelle Skodzinski

October 6, 2014

ST. PAUL, MN –The Minnesota Department of Health announced Friday that it has received 12 applications from interested parties looking to become registered medical marijuana manufacturers in the state’s forthcoming medical cannabis program.

The Department of Health will now begin evaluating the applications, with the goal of selecting two applicants by December 1, 2014, to become the state’s two official suppliers of medical marijuana products.

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