Minnesotans can now legally transport certain amounts of marijuana in their vehicles, and law enforcement may not conduct a warrantless search of a car based on the smell of the plant alone.
The state's new recreational marijuana law has changed the way cannabis is treated inside motor vehicles, and a ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court last week affirms that marijuana smell doesn't justify a vehicle search.
Here's what you need to know:
What is allowed
People 21 and older may transport in their vehicles up to 2 ounces of cannabis flower, up to 8 grams of cannabis concentrates and edible products containing up to 800 milligrams of THC, the ingredient in marijuana that causes a high.
Those products must not be opened, however, unless they're stored in an area that can't be accessed while driving.
What isn't allowed
It remains illegal to consume marijuana inside a vehicle or get behind the wheel while high. And having an open cannabis product in a car is treated similar to the state's open container law for alcohol.