Most of the initial batch of 36 recreational weed licenses were awarded to people with past arrests for marijuana, an attempt to rectify what many see as the past wrongs of an overly harsh system.
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A total of 903 applications, each with a filing fee of $2,000, have come in to Albany in this first round. Expect the first few dispensaries to open by year's end.