Shoppers spent over $600,000 on recreational marijuana in Delaware in the first weekend of legal sales, the state says. The state accumulated about $93,000 in tax revenue over those days.

Delaware legalized recreational marijuana in April 2023, and now its first sales will take place more than two years later.

Officials in the First State are reporting a strong start to adult-use recreational marijuana sales, which began on August 1st. Between August 1st and August 3rd, the Delaware Office of the Marijuana Commissioner reported that customers spent $625,