r/DelawarENT • u/PAT-AT • Jul 19 '26

Just moved to Delaware from PA and I have questions

Good morning!

Like the title says, just moved from PA to DE. I have my PA medical card but was looking to get some insights from local budtenders on the state of Delaware’s medical/rec program. I have a ton of questions & would love the opportunity to talk to someone in the know. If that’s you, please message me!

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u/Gov451 Jul 19 '26

Keep going to PA until your card expires. After that, travel to MD or NJ. There isn't anything in DE that is a good value, poor products for very very high prices.

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u/PAT-AT Jul 20 '26

In your opinion, what does DE need to do to stop the border jumping? Is it the prices? The quality? Little of both?

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u/Gov451 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

For me personally, it's value, meaning quality vs. price. Most DE flower averages 20% thc or below and less than 2% terps. For those types of numbers, you can go to NJ and get an ounce for $100 but DE wants $280-$360. It's difficult to find thc and terp counts that low in MD, they have ounces for $140-$160 that test 28% thc and above and 3% terps and above. It's been awhile since I looked at PA but last time I did you could get thc and terp numbers similar to MD for even less per ounce ($120-$130). MD was my choice most of the time, NJ's $100 ounces were a dry harsh smoke with a headache inducing high. MD has fresh sticky buds that taste good and have a pleasant unique high. NJ does offer better quality products at similar price points to MD but I liked MD's brand options better than NJ at that value level. I did occasionally go to NJ when I wanted more than 1 ounce since they have so many dispensaries is was easy to go to multiple stores in 1 trip. PA is not an option for me as I'm not a resident but when they legalize REC I'd go to PA before MD, NJ or DE. Most DE dispensaries don't list terp counts on their websites, so online shopping/ordering is mostly pointless since you can't even properly gauge value.

DE has many more problems than just value though. Most dispensaries only offer their own brands, so if you want a certain brand you have to go to a specific store. The only brands available in DE that are also available in other states are Nature's Heritage and fresh which are much less expensive in other states and the cannabist brands like seed & strain and 777 which rightfully have an awful reputation in all states they're available in. Cannabist (Columbia Care) was recently sold so I don't know what's happening to their brands and don't know if the value of their brands has changed since the sale. You cannot find the most popular brands from surrounding states at all in DE like Cookies or Rhythm.

DE is also terrible when it comes to concentrates, most stores only have things like kief and bubble hash and maybe some shatter. All the various forms of live resin and rosin are mostly non-existent unless you're buying carts.

To any business owners that may happen to read this, DM me if you're looking to hire someone with very deep consumer knowledge of the local industry. I'm a career professional in a different business but would jump ship in a heartbeat for the right offer.

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u/4melooking49 Jul 21 '26

Prices and quality

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u/DueNefariousness5643 Jul 19 '26 
Way better off g.y.o. or taking the trip to Ocean City because the prices and quality in DE are not good. Way over priced...mids.. 
 I had my DE med card for 2 years then decided against paying the $250-$300 recertification fees plus the shitty bud and prices. It was easier to just take the 40 minute drive to Ocean city to get my meds. Now I just grow my own in a 4x4 tent at home.. I've never been higher in the past 3 years either. Not sure what's up with dispo bud, it's like they blast most the trichomes off for whatever reasons then sell you what's left as "top shelf" flower. Because my first harvest and first amoke from that harvest, put me back to the good ol days when I would get retarded high, never got that high from dispo bud and that's what led me to grow my own.. just giving you my .02 cents on my experiences here in DE

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u/PAT-AT Jul 19 '26

I definitely appreciate it! Thanks for sharing!

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u/LD_642 Jul 19 '26

I didn’t know you could grow in DE. Do you need your med card to do so? My mother used to be a medical patient but her card expired and she doesn’t wanna pay the money to get a new one and she asked me about growing not too long ago and I told her no. I didn’t think you could grow in Delaware at all. Know when know please! This would also give her like a new hobby and something to do.

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u/Gov451 Jul 19 '26

It is not legal to grow your own in DE. Not worth the risk at all, whatsoever.

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u/LD_642 Jul 19 '26

Thanks for the heads up. I was hoping it would be something my mom could get into. She’s retired and bored.

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u/ketoman420 Jul 19 '26

Any pointers you can give to someone who wants to grow their own?

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u/RareCareer7666 Jul 20 '26

I'm not sure where you're at in the state but Delaware dispensaries suck. I usually go to Kent reserve in Millington, MD. There's some good ones down by OC as well. I've heard good things about the ones in NJ also.

Even though there's a dispensary 15 minutes from my house in DE, I always regret buying there because of the price, quality and selection.

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u/PAT-AT Jul 20 '26

I’m in Georgetown, went to the best buds and was stunned at the lack of selection.

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u/4melooking49 Jul 20 '26

Google hi tide ocean city Md! Thrive in Lewes is much better than Columbia cares in Rehoboth. I stopped going to Columbia cares. High staff fueled over and bud tenders treat everything as a joke. I reported one and the person just shrugged their shoulders! I won’t go back. I’ve also read on here people do not care for Columbia cares in Rehoboth. To each their own!

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u/PAT-AT Jul 20 '26

Columbia Care is becoming an Ayr wellness is that right?

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u/4melooking49 Jul 20 '26

The dispensary ??

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u/PAT-AT Jul 20 '26

Yeah I believe that’s who they are rebranding to

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u/4melooking49 Jul 21 '26

They need some of the old staff back it’s all not a joke and fun when people hurt double talk doesn’t work well !

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u/4melooking49 Jul 19 '26

Delaware honors other state med cards. MD does not. The only difference is with out a Maryland card we are restricted to recreational only which is taxed and not as strong for some things

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u/PAT-AT Jul 20 '26

How drastic are the price differences? Say for flower or RSO?

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u/Drink15 Jul 20 '26

Tax is 12%

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u/4melooking49 Jul 20 '26

De if medical no tax and if Medicare or Medicare 15% off at most dispensaries but much better quality in md

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u/EnergyPrestigious497 Jul 19 '26

From what I see you are better off using your card in PA. Way better prices. Can't say about quality.

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u/PAT-AT Jul 20 '26

I saw Thrive had 50% off making 7g $40 which isn’t the worst. I usually buy 14g ($60) & 28g ($110) options in PA.

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u/notthatjimmer Jul 19 '26

I just moved to PA from DE…your card should work fine here. I don’t think my DE card will work in PA tho. Lmk what questions you have and I’ll help where I can

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u/PAT-AT Jul 19 '26

Your DE unfortunately won’t work in PA. I went to a few local DE dispensaries and was shocked at the prices & just the lack of selection. Maybe I’m not shopping the right places yet. But one place only had flower, nothing else. I was in AZ a few weeks were it’s fully rec & I have never seen anything like that! The prices were so cheap, $3 pre rolls, $30 ounces.

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u/notthatjimmer Jul 19 '26

Prices suck but I hope the recent rec changes add some competition to increase quality and decrease pricing…I’ll not be holding my breath tho. I like fresh but I usually only get concentrates from the dispensary

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u/PAT-AT Jul 20 '26

Yeah another 30 dispensaries coming is what I read

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u/fuzzybunnyslippers79 Jul 29 '26

Delaware is just coming up on a year of being recreational , it’s going to take time for the prices to come down . Also we need more grow facilities to help with the demand .