Delaware

Delaware lawmakers voted in committee on Tuesday to set a $4.1 million initial budget for rolling out the state’s adult-use cannabis industry.

Adult-use cannabis is now legal in Delaware after Gov. John Carney (D) allowed the state’s legalization proposals to become law without his signature on Sunday.

The Delaware Senate passed House-approved adult-use cannabis legalization bills yesterday, sending the legislation to Gov. John Carney (D) who vetoed a similar legalization measure last summer.

Two days after voting to legalize cannabis for adults, the Delaware House of Representatives passed a bill that would create an adult-use cannabis marketplace.

Delaware’s House of Representatives passed legislation this week that would eliminate penalties for the use or possession of cannabis by adults.

Delaware lawmakers this week failed to override Gov. John Carney’s recent veto of the state’s cannabis legalization bill.

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) has vetoed his state’s cannabis legalization bill stating he doesn’t believe in “promoting or expanding the use of recreational marijuana.”

Delaware’s bill to tax and regulate adult-use cannabis failed by two votes in the House while the decriminalization bill sits on Gov. John Carney’s (D) desk.

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) expressed support this week for the cannabis decriminalization bill recently passed by state lawmakers but didn’t say if he intends to sign the legislation.

Delaware lawmakers approved a bill to legalize cannabis possession but stopped short of establishing regulated sales; the bill now goes to Gov. John Carney (D), who remains opposed to legalization and has not yet revealed whether he will sign.

A Delaware proposal to legalize adult-use cannabis passed the House Health & Human Development Committee and moves next to the Appropriations Committee.

Delaware’s new cannabis legalization bill would drop a proposed social equity fund, opting instead for a “Justice Reinvestment Fund,” which would provide direct aid to those communities most negatively affected by prohibition.

The Delaware Supreme Court last week ruled that cannabis odor during a traffic stop by itself is not enough to trigger probable cause for arrest.

Delaware is set to double its number of licensed medical cannabis operators ahead of likely adult-use cannabis reforms.

In Delaware, the state just doubled its medical cannabis access points with three new business licenses and the state auditor threw her weight behind adult-use reforms.

A recent state auditor report found that Delaware could net up to $43 million in annual cannabis tax revenue if the state were to legalize cannabis.

The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $600,000 to Delaware State University to help fund the university’s College of Agriculture, Science and Technology hemp research program.

A Delaware court has rejected an injured employee’s request for his former employee to compensate him for medical cannabis expenses related to his injury.

Delaware officials are working on emergency rules to allow delivery services from the state’s medical cannabis dispensaries.

A new law in Delaware will let physicians certify patients for medical cannabis even if they don’t have one of the state program’s qualifying conditions — patients thusly approved, however, must have a severe and debilitating condition and all standard care practices must be exhausted.

A cannabis legalization bill has advanced from the Delaware House Revenue and Finance Committee into the full chamber for consideration. A similar bill failed last year by just four votes — Gov. John Carney, however, has already voiced his opposition to legalizing.

Recently introduced legislation to legalize adult-use cannabis in Delaware contains much of the same language as the state’s failed attempt from last year — this time, however, the proposal lacks home-grow provisions, which may make it easier to accept for certain lawmakers.