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The Office of Medical Marijuana Use had originally planned to issue the four licenses spawned by the increase in the number of patients to applicants who were “runners-up.” But the agency has yet to begin accepting applications for the new licenses.

The Office of Medical Marijuana Use is asking the Legislature for more money as it prepares for an influx of applications in a state where one license— tied to an operator that had not yet begun selling cannabis — recently sold for $53 million.

Less than two weeks after the state’s new fiscal year began July 1, the office is asking the Joint Legislative Budget Commission for nearly $13.3 million in additional money to cover its expenses this year.

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