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Half of Seattle medical dispensaries may be shut down as city combines marijuana markets

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Noelle Skodzinski
May 28, 2015

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said Tuesday that about half of all medical marijuana facilities within city limits will shut down before July 2016.

That’s because his office, endorsed by City Attorney Pete Holmes and City Councilmember Nick Licata, moved forward legislation Tuesday to overhaul Seattle’s medical marijuana regulations and incorporate them into the recreational marijuana market.

The legislation now moves to Seattle City Council where Licata is confident it will pass.

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