Recreational cannabis will be available at dispensaries that previously only sold medical marijuana starting Saturday, July 1.

While the president cannot pardon offenses under state law, he can under D.C. law — simply because it’s not a state.

A number of D.C. agencies were set to start inspecting marijuana gifting shops for business licenses and health code violations, but those plans have been shelved for now.

The inspections start in September, and target so-called I-71 stores that sell regular goods and give customers gifts of marijuana.

The bill includes significant exceptions, including for federal government employees or workers in safety-sensitive positions.

Lawmakers aren’t expected to legalize retail sales of marijuana until at least 2023, frustrating some advocates who wanted quicker action from Annapolis.

An emergency bill from the D.C. Council’s chairman could snuff out the growing number of stores and services that offer “gifts” of marijuana, serving as a shadow market for recreational weed.

D.C. officials and marijuana advocates had hoped that Democratic control of the White House and Congress would free them to legalize marijuana sales, but that hasn’t happened.

Republicans lawmakers said they did not want to rush a bill legalizing marijuana sales, while Democrats argued that a delay would embolden the illegal market.

Some Democratic lawmakers and advocates would rather move more quickly to legalize sales and broadly expunge past marijuana convictions.