BREAKING: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz legalized recreational marijuana with the stroke of a pen on Tuesday. Walz signed the bill into law during a ceremony at the State Capitol, making Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. The bill was the subject of months of legislative debate and more than two dozen committee hearings. The House and Senate passed their own respective bills, reconciled them into a final version and then gave it final approval earlier this month. It will likely take a year or longer before the first retail dispensary gets set up. A website for the state's new Office of Cannabis Management — the agency that will be tasked with licensing marijuana and hemp businesses and overseeing the market — states that "the legislation proposes that retail sales for adult use cannabis in Minnesota begin in the first quarter of 2025." Marijuana use and possession will be decriminalized much sooner, however, starting Aug. 1. Home-growing will become le...