# Cannabis legalization schism in Minnesota?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-legalization-schism-in-minnesota/916798>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-legalization-schism-in-minnesota/916798 "2020-07-30T05:21:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-legalization-schism-in-minnesota/916798/1 "2020-07-30T05:21:53Z")

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Or [are these national parties?](https://twitter.com/SlackerInc/status/1288705044129308672)

Whatever the case, literally half of the available parties on my primary ballot are for marijuana legalization. That’s actually a cause I support (although I would rather lobby DFL candidates to get behind it), and I really have to wonder if this is effective. Wouldn’t they be stronger merged together? I have a feeling there would be a potentially amusing documentary to be made here about whatever schism or personality conflict is behind this.

Or could this be some kind of ratfuckery, with one of the parties being bogus with an intent to divide and conquer the legalization movement?