As the March 31 deadline approaches for retail marijuana hopefuls to apply for licenses, some local medical dispensary owners say they feel left behind by a law that merges the medical and retail industries.
“We thought medical wouldn’t be messed with, that medical would be intact,” said Eric Zeid, owner of Swinging Bridges in Alger. “They destroyed it.”
The Cannabis Patient Protection Act, which was passed last year, forces medical shops to operate under the same parameters as retail stores by July 1. That means medical dispensary owners such as Zeid had to get retail licenses or shut down.
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