The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) created an unforeseen obstacle for Delaware’s adult-use sales launch, leaving cannabis readers throughout the nation wanting to know all the details in this month’s most-trafficked story.
When the FBI denied Delaware cannabis regulators a service code to run federal background checks on aspiring entrepreneurs via a fingerprinting system, it sent the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) back to the drawing board. The FBI determined that language in the Delaware Code was too vague regarding who was required to obtain the background checks.
Since that story was published, Delaware lawmakers introduced a bill to amend the state code to meet the FBI’s standards. Both chambers of the Delaware General Assembly passed the bill within two weeks of its introduction, hoping to avoid further delay in the state’s adult-use program rollout.
Meanwhile, taking the No. 2 spot among the most-read articles this month was a write-up on a court decision in which a district judge ruled that Minnesota cannabis regulators broke the law when they canceled a license preapproval lottery in December for 648 social equity applicants hoping to enter the state’s forthcoming adult-use marketplace. The judge ruled there was no “adequate legal remedy” but ordered the Office of Cannabis Management to “immediately” conduct the lottery.
In the No. 3 spot was a piece on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) providing its administrative law judge a 90-day update on an interlocutory appeal that’s delaying the cannabis rescheduling hearing process. The update was that no progress had been made.
Other stories among the most-read articles this month covered high tariffs impacting the cannabis sector, the mother of a dead Trulieve worker who testified in support of a workplace safety bill, and the Florida Legislature advancing legislation to restrict and regulate hemp products.
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