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On the heels of the historic passing of a recreational marijuana bill in Vermont, legislators in Delaware also took steps this week toward the legalization of a full-scale cannabis market.
On Wednesday, the General Assembly’s House Revenue and Finance Committee approved the “Marijuana Control Act,” which is designed to establish a taxed and regulated cannabis industry similar to what is currently underway in several legal states.
The goal at this point, according to supporting lawmakers, is to dig deep into the language of the measure and give it a bit of fine-tuning before dragging it in front of the full House for a vote. That way, there isn’t too much debate once it reaches the floor.
“I want to get as many people at the table so we’re not going back and piece-mealing changes to the bill, and going back and fixing things that may arise after the bill is signed into law that Colorado had to do once it was started,” Representative Helene Keeley, the bill’s sponsor, told Newsworks.
The bill would give adults 21 and over the freedom to purchase up to an ounce of marijuana from dispensaries across the state.
Representative Keeley and her…
