Minnesota Bans Smoking Marijuana in Multifamily Buildings

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In today’s email, we discuss how, just one year after legalizing recreational cannabis, Minnesota has banned smoking or vaping marijuana in multifamily buildings.

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Minnesota Bans Smoking Marijuana in Multifamily Buildings

Over a year after Minnesota legalized recreational cannabis use and possession, a new amendment to the law bars residents of multifamily buildings in Minnesota from smoking or vaping marijuana inside their units or on patios or balconies. Those who do not comply with the law could face fines of up to $250. However, residents who are registered medical cannabis users are exempt from the new rule. 

Governor Tim Walz approved the new law, Minnesota HF 4797, in May of this year, and it officially went into effect July 1. The legislation was a modification to the bill approved last year that legalized cannabis use for people 21 and older. The law created a framework for marijuana regulation in Minnesota, including the approval of cannabis products for sale and personal use. Despite the new ban on smoking in multifamily buildings, Minnesota still has some of the country’s most permissive rules for smoking and vaping marijuana and is one of a handful of states that allow public consumption of cannabis. 

Minnesota is not alone in banning smoking marijuana smoking in residential buildings. As of July of this year, 1,032 localities and 39 states, territories, or commonwealths restrict marijuana use in some or all smoke free spaces, according to the nonprofit organization American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation. Outlawing smoking in multifamily buildings impacts a lot of people on a national scale: in the U.S., one out of five people, or about 80 million Americans, live in some type of multifamily building, according to the EPA. Minnesota State Senator Ron Latz pushed for the ban last year and has said that multifamily residents have been troubled by the potency of cannabis smoke and how it permeates and travels between spaces in buildings, more so than regular tobacco.

Indoor air quality came under the microscope during the pandemic, when preventing the spread of COVID-19 became an urgent priority. Since then, the real estate industry and building occupants have been more concerned with air quality and its impact on health. The focus on improving IAQ has also been boosted by the increasing number of states that have legalized recreational marijuana usage. With more people lighting up both in residential buildings and in public spaces, it’s not surprising that Minnesota and other states have had to rethink and update laws that focus on better air indoors.

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