The recent announcement that Delaware would launch its long-awaited adult-use marijuana industry in August has sparked tensions over who gets to participate in that initial launch — and how that will affect the industry over the long term.
Last week, the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner, the body in charge of regulating the new industry, announced that the adult-use market would officially begin on Aug. 1. But, the only retail shops allowed to open their doors to recreational customers on that date are ones that previously existed to provide medical marijuana dispensaries.
The dozens of new retail businesses that have received, or are still awaiting adult-use cannabis licenses, will have to wait before they're allowed to launch, as none have satisfied all state regulatory approvals, such as shop inspections.
Additionally, while two new micro-cultivation businesses that exist outside of the medical marijuana system will launch on the Aug. 1 start, their products will not be available for several weeks or even months.
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