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.

Recreational marijuana sales for adults 21 and over officially began in Delaware on Friday, with 12 retail locations with medical marijuana conversion licenses now open to the public.

The numbers are "encouraging" for state officials, but pale in comparison to neighbors Maryland and New Jersey. Maryland's first weekend of recreational marijuana sales pulled in nearly $10 million in 2023. New Jersey dispensaries made $2 million on the first day in 2022. Granted, Delaware is much smaller than those two states.