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 for marijuana advocates when two bills that made pathways for legalization hit the Minnesota Legislature in February.

 would set up regulations for the drug and make it legal for people 21 and older. Another 

 would've put the legalization question to voters.

But as of Thursday — 4/20, the Christmas for stoners across the country — where have those bills gone? 

Since their introductions and first readings on Feb. 9, the bills have seen a sprinkling of support with an additional handful of co-authors joining the bill. 

, and a 2016 Gallup poll said 60 percent of adults support legalization.

Attitudes on weed appear to be changing, even among some police. In Minnesota, 

 and Wyoming police departments sent out some joking 4/20 tweets, an unusual tone on an illegal drug. 

https://twitter.com/wyomingpd/status/854999335049859072

Twitter jokes aside, Minnesota's law enforcement community is opposed to recreational pot use and 

The national outlook is a major buzzkill for advocates too. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn't fond of legal marijuana's expanded use either, and legalization proponents are worried. The drug is illegal federally and deemed 

Legal marijuana advocates are uneasy with Sessions' stance

Still, that's not stopping weed advocates from trying. On Thursday, the state chapter of NORML — the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws — is co-hosting a six-hour "

Of course, medical marijuana is legal in Minnesota for 

, including epilepsy and post-traumatic stress disorder. It's one of the most restrictive laws of its kind in the U.S., and that has the program 

Cody Nelson

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On stoners' biggest day of the year, here's where two legal marijuana bills sit at the state Capitol.

4/20 probably won't be legal in Minnesota anytime soon

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