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This licensing round seeks to tackle the persistent issue of unlicensed operators, including various “weed-gifting” shops that have operated throughout the city. These establishments varied from legitimate retail stores that provided cannabis products as gifts after the purchase of other items to out-of-state operators establishing temporary shops to distribute illicit market products without following any gifting protocol.