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www.publichealthlawcenter.org 11Lower-Potency Hemp Edibles & Cannabis: Minnesota City Retailers <br />Retail establishment. Any place of business where products are available for sale to the general <br />public. “Retail establishment” includes, but is not limited to, grocery stores, tobacco product <br />shops, convenience stores, liquor stores, gasoline service stations, bars, and restaurants. <br />Sale. Any transfer of goods for money, trade, barter, or other consideration. <br />Sample. Refers to any approved products or medical cannabinoid products that are offered <br />free of charge or for sale at a nominal cost. <br />Self-service display. The open display of approved products or medical cannabinoid products <br />in a retail establishment in any manner where any person has access to the products without <br />the assistance or intervention of the registered retail establishment or its employee and where <br />a physical exchange of the products from the registered retail establishment or its employee is <br />not required to access the products. <br />Smoking. Inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, <br />or any other lighted or heated product containing, made, or derived from nicotine, tobacco, <br />cannabis, or other substance, whether natural or synthetic, that is intended for inhalation. <br />Smoking also includes carrying or using an activated electronic delivery device. “Smoking” does <br />not include the use of traditional, or sacred, tobacco used by any American Indian, Indigenous, <br />and Alaska Native communities for spiritual and medicinal purposes. <br />Temporary cannabis event. Events described in Minnesota Statutes 342.39 and 342.40, held <br />by an individual or business with a cannabis event organizer license granted by the Office of <br />Cannabis Management, with approval from the city. <br />True party of interest. Any party with ownership or control over the business, as defined in <br />Minn. Stat. § 342.185 subd. 1(g). <br />Vending machine. Any mechanical, electric or electronic, or other type of device that dispenses <br />products upon payment by any form by the person seeking to purchase the product. <br />Youth-oriented facility. Any facility with residents, customers, visitors, or inhabitants of which <br />25 percent or more are regularly under the age of 21 or that primarily sells, rents, or offers <br />services or products that are consumed or used primarily by persons under the age of 21. <br />Youth-oriented facilities includes, but is not limited to, schools, playgrounds, places of worship, <br />recreation centers, and parks. <br />September 2024