Why Should Delaware Care? Smoke shops proliferated in Wilmington in recent years just as THC-infused drinks and edibles quietly entered Delaware’s retail market without state oversight. Now, authorities say some of those shops have broken the rules around how much THC can be in a product. Still others have allegedly been illegally selling marijuana, police say.
The Wilmington City Council is scheduled to vote next week on an ordinance that would temporarily prevent new smoke shops from opening in Delaware’s largest city.
Advocates of the proposal say that such a moratorium would give local officials time to assess the health and safety impacts of smoke shops – which typically sell cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and, more recently, hemp-derived THC products…