Can a landlord or employer stop you from using cannabis in Minnesota?
A property owner can forbid cannabis use on private property, and any adult-use cannabis flower use that is injurious to health or offensive enough to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property is a nuisance, for which an affected person can sue for an injunction plus actual damages or $250, whichever is greater. If that nuisance results from a landlord or association failing to enforce its own lease, governing document or policy on cannabis flower use, the affected person can sue the landlord or association for an injunction plus actual damages or $500, whichever is greater.
…unless the individual is explicitly prohibited from consuming cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products on the property by the owner of the property…
Minn. Stat. 342.09, subd. 1(a)(7)(ii); 342.82, subds. 1 and 2 · Last checked
Is smoking cannabis allowed in apartment buildings?
Smoking or vaping cannabis, hemp-derived THC products or artificially derived cannabinoids is prohibited inside multifamily housing buildings, including their balconies and patios, with a $250 civil fine. Medical cannabis flower and medical cannabinoid products are exempt.
Except for the use of medical cannabis flower or medical cannabinoid products, the vaporizing or smoking of cannabis flower, cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoids, or hemp-derived consumer products is prohibited in a multifamily housing building, including balconies and patios appurtenant thereto. A violation of this paragraph is punishable through a civil administrative fine in an amount of $250.
Minn. Stat. 342.56, subd. 1(b) · Last checked
Can you be fired for using cannabis off the clock?
Employers generally cannot refuse to hire, discipline or fire someone for lawful cannabis use off the employer's premises during nonworking hours. They can still act on use, possession or impairment during working hours, on work premises or while operating the employer's vehicle or equipment, where not acting would violate federal or state law or cost them a federal benefit or license, and under narrow exceptions such as a bona fide occupational requirement or a conflict of interest.
An employer may not refuse to hire a job applicant or discipline or discharge an employee because the applicant or employee engages in or has engaged in the use or enjoyment of lawful consumable products, if the use or enjoyment takes place off the premises of the employer during nonworking hours.
Minn. Stat. 181.938, subds. 2 and 3 · Last checked
Can an employer test job applicants for cannabis?
Employers may not require job applicants to take a cannabis test unless state or federal law requires it, and may not refuse to hire an applicant solely because a test shows cannabis. The exceptions are safety-sensitive, peace officer and firefighter jobs, jobs giving face-to-face care to children, vulnerable adults or patients, jobs needing a CDL or other legally drug-tested driving, federally grant-funded jobs, and any job where law requires cannabis testing.
An employer must not request or require a job applicant to undergo cannabis testing as a condition of employment unless otherwise required by state or federal law.
Minn. Stat. 181.951, subd. 8-9 · Last checked