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Jan. 15, 2026
In this issue:
News and Updates
Government Relations Updates
Resources and Reminders
News and Updates
Minnesota cannabis market monitor now available
Today, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) debuted the Cannabis Market Monitor, a new dashboard that provides the public with monthly statistics about the state’s growing adult-use and existing medical cannabis markets, including aggregate licensing data, monthly and annual retail sales, retail sales by product type, and monthly planting and harvest data.
“We are excited to make this dashboard available, offering Minnesotans a transparent window into the work of the office,” said Executive Director Eric Taubel of the Office of Cannabis Management. “Whether you are interested in understanding the big picture, looking into month-to-month sales by types of products, or projecting the next wave of available products, the data are now available to you.”
The aggregate licensing data paint a detailed picture of the number of businesses engaged in a particular activity. For example, by the close of 2025, the state had licensed four large-scale cultivation businesses. Yet, at that same time there were 24 total businesses authorized to cultivate cannabis, including microbusinesses and mezzobusinesses that cultivate at a smaller scale, and medical cannabis combination businesses that are able to cultivate cannabis flower for both the medical and adult-use markets, subject to size limitations in law.
 The Cannabis Market Monitor breaks down activities at licensed business sites in addition to simply providing licenses by type.
Governor Walz signs Tribal-state cannabis compact and cooperative agreement
In December, Governor Walz signed a cannabis cooperative agreement with the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and a cannabis compact with the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa. To date, the state has signed compacts or cooperative agreements with the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, the Prairie Island Indian Community, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, and the White Earth Nation. The state expects to announce additional Tribal-state cannabis compacts soon.
While the specifics of each Tribal-state compact and agreement are unique to each Tribal Nation, each agreement contains the same commitments to put public health and safety first through product testing, data gathering, and analysis, ensuring consistency for customers throughout Minnesota's cannabis market.
More information about the compacting process, including copies of signed, executed Tribal-state cannabis compacts, can be found on OCM’s Tribal Compacts and Cooperative Agreements webpage.
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Check out OCM’s legislative reports
OCM’s 2026 legislative reports are now available! Use the links below to access a series of reports for the Legislature to provide updates on the office’s work over the last year, an analysis of the cannabis market, and information about the office’s two grant programs.
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Minnesota Legislative Session
The 2026 legislative session is set to begin on Feb. 17. OCM continues to engage with legislators and industry stakeholders on potential legislative proposals. As always, the office encourages individuals and organizations with ideas or recommendations to change or update the state’s laws regulating this program to engage with the legislative process.
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Resources and Reminders
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Dual-Training Pipeline team survey closes today
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) Dual-Training Pipeline team is conducting a survey on proposed competency standards for potentially adding a new occupation in the legal cannabis industry and would like your input. Your participation in this survey is voluntary. Any information you choose to supply on this survey will be used by DLI staff members working on creating competency standards for cannabis logistics and inventory specialist; competency models and all survey data entered are public information. The survey closes today, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Learn more: Cannabis logistics and inventory specialist. Fill out the survey using the following link: Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline Cannabis Logistics and Inventory Specialist Competencies Survey.
DLI will discuss the results of the survey and any other recommended changes at the Legal Cannabis Industry Competency Council meeting on January 20, 2026, from 11-11:45 a.m. Use the following link to join the meeting.
DLI will provide program updates, discuss upcoming grant funding and share final drafts of the competency model at the upcoming Legal Cannabis Industry Forum on Jan. 28, from 9-10 a.m. You can sign up at the following link: Legal Cannabis Industry Forum.
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Participate in University of Minnesota cannabis study
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health’s Cannabis Research Center (CRC) wants to hear from you (even if you do not use cannabis). The CRC is conducting an anonymous survey to better understand cannabis use in Minnesota, including:
- How many people are using cannabis?
- Where are people getting cannabis?
- What are common terms for cannabis?
Take the survey using the following link: OCM Newsletter Survey. The survey has been designed to take about five minutes. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Traci Toomey, Ph.D., director, at toome001@umn.edu.
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Consider a career with OCM! Be part of the state office overseeing Minnesota’s cannabis industry.
OCM is hiring an outreach supervisor. The outreach supervisor is responsible for providing leadership, supervision, and program oversight of OCM’s outreach and external relations activities. This position leads a public-facing outreach team and coordinates engagement efforts that support the implementation and ongoing administration of Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis laws and programs. Apply on the Minnesota Careers website by Jan. 21, 2026.
For future career opportunities at OCM, check out the Work for Us page on the OCM website.
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