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New Washington DC legislation targets unlicensed cannabis shops

Lawmakers in Washington DC passed legislation targeting unlicensed cannabis “gifting” stores, potentially empowering a new crackdown on the illicit retailers.

Although the District of Columbia has a legal medical marijuana program, the unlicensed stores aren’t part of it.

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The stores, which sell non-marijuana items and include a “gift” of cannabis, have been a persistent challenge for DC authorities.

The new emergency legislation gives powers to the District’s Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA), allowing the agency “to issue warnings, fines, and cease-and-desist orders to unlicensed businesses that have not applied to the medical cannabis program,” according to local news website DCist.

It also allows the ABCA and DC police to examine a retailer’s books “and seize cannabis manufactured or sold in violation of

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