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

Delaware turns green Friday — in more ways than one — as recreational marijuana sales officially launch across the state. Starting Aug. 1, adults 21 and older with valid government-issued ID can legally purchase marijuana at 13 approved dispensaries.

Delaware’s first adult-use marijuana shops are officially open for business, with a handful of existing medical cannabis operators now able to service consumers 21 and older. About two years after marijuana legalization was enacted into law,