“A weak legal market only serves to strengthen the illegal market,” Pardee said on Wednesday. “The first step to displacing the illicit market is not more rhetoric, it is building a functional, accessible, regulated legal market. “It is about preventing local zoning from being used as a de facto ban on a legal state-authorized industry.”“It does not force any business to open. The launch of Delaware’s legal market came about two years after marijuana legalization was enacted into law under former Gov. Learn more about our marijuana bill tracker and become a supporter on Patreon to get access.