Delaware Adult Use Cannabis Bill Features Revised Social Equity Program

A new bill to legalize adult-use cannabis has been introduced in Delaware, according to a Delaware Public Radio (DPR) report. Proceeds for the fund will come from adult-use cannabis taxes, according to the report. Known as the Delaware Marijuana Control Act, the legalization bill seeks to regulate and tax cannabis like alcohol. The Act also creates the Delaware Marijuana Control Act Oversight Committee, which will craft the state’s adult-use cannabis framework, according to the bill summary. Patchell believes the change “strengthens the social equity component for disproportionately impacted communities” and the legislation now has “all the pillars of social equity,” including decriminalization and removing “barriers to create an inclusive and equitable industry.”The money raised from legal cannabis sales will go toward helping with expungement, reducing cannabis arrests, and helping social equity applicants to start cannabis businesses, DPR reports.