Delaware on Thursday awarded the state’s first adult-use marijuana licenses to cultivators and manufacturers via a lottery.
Of the 1,260-plus license applications, 727 made it to the Office of the Marijuana Commission’s lottery, which the agency hosted on Facebook Live.
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Delaware’s 13 existing medical marijuana dispensaries already applied for and were awarded adult-use licenses, which are expected to be distributed in November, according to the Delaware News Journal.
Social equity retail licenses were included in Thursday’s lottery, which had witnesses and an accountant in attendance to ensure integrity, the agency said.
Because of high demand, licenses for open retail will be awarded in a separate lottery in December.
A random-number software system was used to select lottery numbers assigned to eligible applicants,
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