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The State of Delaware is taking the next steps to regulate the future of the legal marijuana business in The First State.
According to the Delaware Office of the Marijuana Commissioner, a total of 727 applications have been approved to be a part of the lottery for a business license – well above the number of licenses that will be available. The lottery begins Thursday and will be conducted live on the OMC’s Facebook page.
The first lotteries will cover the categories of Cultivation, Manufacturing and Testing. Separate lotteries will be conducted for each county. Also, due to the large number of applications for Retail, a separate lottery will be conducted in December.
The OMC plans to contact selected applicants in the days following the lottery. Selected applicants will be issued a conditional license and begin the supplemental application process.
The OMC provided frequently asked questions and answers about the lottery:
Can I change my license category before the lottery?
No. The only exception is for applicants who applied for a Social Equity license and were found to be ineligible as a social equity applicant. These applicants can pay an additional $4,000 to amend their license to the same Open License category.
What will the OMC do with the licenses that did not receive enough applications for the allotted spots per county?
In the Micro Cultivation category for New Castle County there were only 6 applications for the 9 licenses allotted for the County. The 3 vacant licenses will be reassigned to Kent and Sussex County for the upcoming lottery to maximize opportunity to issue all available conditional licenses provided for under the Marijuana Control Act. The OMC will add 2 of the vacant licenses to Kent County Micro Cultivation and 1 to Sussex County Micro Cultivation.
The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner was established under the Delaware Marijuana Control Act, which became law without the signature of Governor John Carney.
”}]] Hundreds of applicants for a Delaware marijuana license will be on pins and needles Thursday for the first license lottery conducted by the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner. Read More