The Delaware House of Representatives advanced a bill that its sponsor claims will result in “improved access to medical marijuana.”
President Joe Biden’s home state legalized adult-use marijuana last year, but state lawmakers such as Democratic Rep. Ed Osienski have identified what they claim are flaws in Delaware’s MMJ law.
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Delaware’s MMJ program launched in 2015 but remains relatively small.
There are just over 29,000 qualified patients in the Delaware registry out of a state population of 1 million, according to state data.
Sales were projected to exceed $52.5 million, according to the 2023 MJBiz Factbook.
Osienski’s House Bill 285 would remove what the lawmaker calls “outdated restrictions” that require a prospective MMJ patient to suffer from a “debilitating medical condition.”
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