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State lawmakers in Delaware have been pushing to legalize, tax and sell recreational use cannabis for months, and on the path to that eventual outcome, legislators passed a resolution late last week to create an Adult Use Cannabis Task Force to investigate what legal cannabis would mean for the east coast state. The resolution will put legalization legislation on hold for the time being while the 23-member task force performs their investigation.
According to Delaware’s local 105.9 radio news, the task force will aim to create a comprehensive set of details to give voters a more informed look at the subject for when legalization is up for a vote in the near future. The panel will look to the country’s existing legal weed states for a peek into their own future.
“This is unchartered territory for The First State, and we want to make sure we are fully prepared to execute cannabis legalization safely and effectively,” State Representative Helene Keeley, who will co-chair the task force, said. “By studying the experiences of other states that have taxed and regulated cannabis, we will be able to learn from them.”
The Cannabis Task Force will be given significant…
