Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the big news is that Delaware’s retail market has opened. There are problems with dispensary locations in New York. A federal ban on hemp was removed from the Farm Bill. And finally, a dispensary has opened with a Grand Central Station theme.
DELAWARE
Delaware legalized adult-use cannabis in April 2023. Last Friday, retail sales officially began. There are ten retail locations throughout the state, which may not seem like very many, but Delaware is an extremely small state. Governor Matt Meyer (D) has high expectations for the quality of the product, predicting it will be the “French wine of weed.” If two years seems like a long time from legalization to sales, it i