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Dewey amends code regarding personal-use marijuana
Ellen Driscoll
1 year ago
Following the legalization of adult-use marijuana in April 2023, Dewey Beach commissioners voted...
Location, location, location
Jim Paterson
1 year ago
No appetite for weed in Rehoboth
Chris Flood
1 year ago
Following suit with other local beach towns, residents and visitors shouldn’t expect to see...
Dewey leaders blunt about weed
Ellen Driscoll and Chris Flood
1 year ago
After years of effort, adult use of marijuana was legalized in Delaware in April. In Dewey Beach,...
Marijuana advocates happy with legalization, but not...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
As part of the annual Global Cannabis March, advocates rallied May 6 in Rehoboth Beach to celebrate...
Recreational marijuana legal in Delaware for adults
Nick Roth and Melissa Steele
2 years ago
After six years of work by legislators and weed proponents, legalized marijuana came to Delaware...
Clock ticking for marijuana bills
Melissa Steele
2 years ago
The future of legalized marijuana is again in Gov. John Carney’s hands after the bills officially...
Marijuana bills pass General Assembly
Melissa Steele
2 years ago
The state Senate finished passage of two marijuana bills March 28, moving the legislation to Gov...
Marijuana legalization passes the House, again
Melissa Steele
2 years ago
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the March 9 vote in favor of a bill to...
Medical marijuana dispensaries should be allowed to...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
I wasn’t working as a reporter in Delaware when the law creating the state’s medical marijuana...
See link below for map of state’s medical marijuana locations
Fresh Delaware’s Seaford dispensary opens Feb. 14
Chris Flood
2 years ago
After it took three years for the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Sussex County to...
Sussex’s fourth medical marijauna dispensary opening...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Sussex County is weeks away from getting its fourth medical marijuana dispensary – this one in...
Sussex’s third compassion center is now open
Chris Flood
2 years ago
Sussex County’s much anticipated third medical marijuana dispensary has opened. Located in...
Best Buds opening Oct. 28 in Georgetown
Chris Flood
2 years ago
After months of delays related to the pandemic and supply chain, Sussex County’s third medical...
Sussex’s third medical weed dispensary could open in...
Chris Flood
2 years ago
A medical marijuana dispensary expected to open in Georgetown in late 2021 is now expected to be...
Vote to override marijuana veto fails in House
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
A vote to override Gov. John Carney’s veto of legalized marijuana in Delaware failed in the House...
Carney vetoes marijuana legalization
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
Gov. John Carney vetoed the marijuana legalization bill May 24, setting up the potential for the...
Marijuana regulation bill down but not out
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
A bill to create a regulated marijuana industry in Delaware failed for the second time this session...
Pot advocates: Gov. Carney, finish the job
Chris Flood
3 years ago
Less than 48 hours after legislation legalizing cannabis in Delaware passed through the General...
Marijuana legalization passes General Assembly
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
Delaware’s nearly four-year attempt to legalize marijuana paid off May 12 when the Senate passed a...
House passes bill to legalize marijuana
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
Rep. Ed Osienski’s latest attempt to legalize marijuana paid off May 5, as the House of...
Marijuana patient advocates against sale of Columbia...
Chris Flood
3 years ago
The recent announcement of the impending sale of medical marijuana provider Columbia Care has...
Separate marijuana bills introduced
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
Three weeks after Rep. Ed Osienski’s latest marijuana bill was defeated, he has filed a new one,...
Marijuana bill voted down in House
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
A bill to legalize marijuana was voted dead March 10, but the bill’s sponsor vows to keep fighting...
Pot legalization supporters protest Columbia Care’s...
Chris Flood
3 years ago
Advocates for marijuana legalization in Delaware gathered March 5 outside Columbia Care’s Rehoboth...
Marijuana bill moves out of committee
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
A bill to legalize marijuana was released from committee Feb. 17, clearing the way for action when...
Marijuana bill moves out of committee
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
The latest version of a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana in Delaware was moved out...
Delayed opening for third weed dispensary in Sussex
Chris Flood
3 years ago
Supply chain issues and contractor delays have forced the delayed opening of a third medical...
Marijuana legalization bill still in the works
Melissa Steele
3 years ago
This year’s attempt to legalize marijuana may have stalled, but the bill’s sponsor says he is...
Medical marijuana patients protest against dispensaries
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Medical marijuana patients from across Sussex County protested in front of Columbia Care’s Rehoboth...
Delaware marijuana bill aims at equity, local footprint
Melissa Steele
4 years ago
Delaware's latest marijuana bill focuses on keeping profits local, while at the same time promoting...
State awards three new medical marijuana licenses
Chris Flood
4 years ago
By this time next year, medical marijuana patients across the state could have nearly double the...
State increasing access to medical marijuana
Chris Flood
4 years ago
Looking to increase availability to underserved areas of Delaware, a Request for Applications was...
Medical marijuana patients get home delivery
Chris Flood
5 years ago
Medical marijuana patients in Delaware now have the ability to get their medicine without leaving...
Local medical marijuana supply stable despite pandemic
Chris Flood
5 years ago
Many medical marijuana users have conditions that put them at high risk for COVID-19. Because of...
Sussex’s second medical marijuana dispensary opens...
Chris Flood
5 years ago
For more than two years, Sussex County’s medical marijuana patients have had only one place in...
More choices coming for Sussex medical marijuana...
Chris Flood
6 years ago
Since May 2017, medical marijuana patients in Sussex County have only had one option for purchasing...
Marijuana legalization bill goes to full House
Melissa Steele
6 years ago
A marijuana legalization bill that would allow outdoor growing facilities to increase supply and...
Bill legalizing marijuana in Delaware introduced
Chris Flood
6 years ago
A bill legalizing marijuana in Delaware was introduced May 16 by Rep. Ed Osienski, D-Newark. The...
Statewide testing keeps medical marijuana safe for...
Chris Flood
6 years ago
Dan Woodall, High Tide Lab Company president and chemist, says testing medical marijuana is just...
Bill eases recommendation requirements for medical...
Chris Flood
6 years ago
Nearly a decade after it became law, Delaware’s medical marijuana statute continues to evolve. Now...
Possession-of-marijuana citations on the rise
Chris Flood
6 years ago
The Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network is raising concerns over data showing court filings for...
Marijuana legalization fails in House
Melissa Steele
6 years ago
The sponsor of a bill that would have legalized marijuana in Delaware says even though her measure...
Two marijuana bills await committee action
Chris Flood
7 years ago
The General Assembly continues to make its way through the 149th session, and marijuana-related...
Ralliers support legalization of marijuana
Chris Flood
7 years ago
The Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network and Delaware NORML hosted Delaware’s fifth annual...
State leads U.S. in medical marijuana testing
Chris Flood
7 years ago
Eight years into its medical marijuana program, Delaware can lay claim to having the top medical...
Medical marijuana talk in Wilmington Aug. 17
Chris Flood
7 years ago
Noting marijuana has been in use in Eastern medicine for millennia, neuroscientist Jokūbas Žiburkus...
Marijuana leaders look into blossoming industry
Chris Flood
8 years ago
Hundreds of people trying to get into the business of marijuana crowded numerous presentations at...
Sussex’s marijuana dispensary opening May 26
Chris Flood
8 years ago
A week to the day from getting his medical marijuana card and making his first trip to First State...
Sussex legislators against legalization of marijuana
Chris Flood
8 years ago
A bill legalizing marijuana in Delaware passed through the House Finance and Revenue Committee by a...
Sussex medical marijuana dispensary delays continue
Chris Flood
8 years ago
The opening of Sussex County’s first medical marijuana center continues to be delayed . First State...
House bill would legalize marijuana in Delaware
Chris Flood
8 years ago
Rep. Helene Keeley, D-Wilmington South, and Sen. Margaret Rose Henry, D-Wilmington East, introduced...
Medical marijuana center set to open near Lewes
Chris Flood
8 years ago
After months of speculation, First State Compassion Center has confirmed it will open its Sussex...
Legislation allows medical marijuana on school grounds
Chris Flood
8 years ago
Rylie Maedler was at a loss for words during a Sept. 7 bill signing making it easier for her to...
Medical marijuana oil on school grounds bill passes
Chris Flood
8 years ago
When the 148th General Assembly began its 2-year-session in January 2015, the law associated with...
Bill expands medical marijuana act
9 years ago
A bill introduced May 18 would expand the use of medical marijuana to patients with terminal...
Marijuana decriminalized in Delaware
Chris Flood
9 years ago
Speaker of the House Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf voted in favor of a bill decriminalizing marijuana in...
House bill decriminalizes marijuana
Melissa Steele
11 years ago
A bill that would decriminalize marijuana use in Delaware will be fine tuned by its sponsor, who...
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