ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Apartments are not a safe haven for smoking marijuana anymore.
A new law instituted this summer means landlords have to ban cannabis smoking in multifamily homes — places with at least three units.
Hiding in plain sight is the new approach for smoking cannabis flower in much of Minnesota, so a flower bed by a St. Paul apartment complex has become a popular spot.
“They’re trying to find places, whether it’s a private trail, places that they can smoke that are in public, that aren’t necessarily ‘in public’,” said Kayla Fearing of Healing Fear Consulting about her neighbors who smoke.
Fearing says she technically needs to drive about 15 minutes from home if she wants to light up.
“I see it as very discriminatory,” she said.
She and her neighbors can’t afford to buy or rent single-family homes, so they’re stuck sharing space and air vents with people who may report them.
“Obviously there’s going to be …