Adult-use cannabis sales began August 1, 2025 and the first full month of sales totaled $7.4MM
For an updated list of Delaware dispensaries open for medical and adult-use cannabis across the state,
please visit the Dispensaries in Delaware page.
Successful applicants to the Delaware adult-use cannabis lottery are currently taking the nexts steps toward standing up their conditional licenses.
All were issued by the end of summer 2025 and the 18-month clock is now ticking.
Contact Jamie Campbell today to discuss your status, and best practices for meeting the deadlines ahead.
If you are interested in selling or acquiring a conditional license, please visit visit the following pages:
The Delaware cannabis licensing process is difficult but fairly straightforward. For all but open retail licensees, the lottery was held on 10-24-24, the winners notified, and the Supplemental Application window is now closed.
Applicants for the open retail lotteries in each county had to wait until December 19, but all conditional licenses have now bene issued.
All lottery winners have been notified by the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner if they were selected in their respective lotteries.
Within ten days of notification of selection in the lottery, applicants may be required to provide additional information or supporting documents to verify certain aspects of the application. (A ten day extension may be available.)
Within thirty (30) days of notification, roughly by November 25, 2024, a Supplemental Application will be due, along with payment of the license fee.
Final Versions of SOPs
Additonal Components
The retail application process is just the first step of many in a typically long and arduous haul. Delaware's lottery method of awarding licenses made site control unnecessary to apply, but the search for a compliant property is critical and must have already begun because of the many friction points and other obstacles to becoming operational.
A Delaware cultivation license was typcially easier to acquire than any other, but standing that license up and building out a compliant facility in a reasonable time frame can prove expensive to impossible. Location is less important than favorable lease/purchase terms and an impeccable business plan. Size matters and you must be Goldilocks.
Some consider manufacturing to have the lowest barrier to entry in the cannabis space with the highest ROI
via wholesale and brand success. Also called a processing facility in some markets, the build out, equipping, inspection, and staffing of a manufacturing operation can rival others in time, cost, and complexity.
