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.

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

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,