“The promise of legalization in Minnesota wasn’t just that cannabis would be legal,” Clemon Dabney writes. “It was that legalization would be different. That it would be built on equity, local ownership and craft production. Instead, what we’re seeing is a familiar story. Big, out-of-state corporations are being given a head start while small businesses are told to wait.” Above, attendees of Cannabis Awareness Day at the Minnesota Capitol worked on packing a joint. (Star Tribune)