Retail marijuana sales in Delaware may not start until March 2025, four months later than initially planned, a top regulator says. But officials are also considering the possibility of allowing existing medical cannabis dispensaries to start serving adult consumers sooner.
Delaware Marijuana Commissioner Robert Coupe laid out the updated legalization implementation timeline during a hearing before the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee last week.
He said that the current plan is to finalize rules for the adult-use cannabis program by July 11, start accepting license applications in September and begin approving different license types on a staggered schedule in October. Cultivation licenses could be approved beginning in November, followed by manufacturer licenses in December and retailer and testing licenses in March 2025.
Additionally, regulators plan to post draft rules on their website soon, Coupe said. He added that, with the support of the governor’s office, they are proposing to combine the state’s current Office of Medical Marijuana with the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner “so we’ll have one system in Delaware” that “will get the synergy of those extra personnel.”
“That’ll help us since we’re very small shop right now,” he told the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee.
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