Yesterday the Washington State Legislature sent Gov. Jay Inslee a bill that abolishes medical marijuana dispensaries and calls upon state-licensed retailers to serve patients as well as recreational consumers. Under S.B. 5052, which was introduced by Sen. Ann Rivers (R-La Center) in January, the “collective gardens” that currently supply medical marijuana have to shut down by July 2016.
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Trevor Gillmeister. Permalink: Shortlink: http://weedi.st/QqnHv
Inslee will sign it. He’s been asking for a bill like this.
It’ll be more than a year until the MMJ dispensaries (which outnumber 502 dispensaries by probably ten to one) will have to close, but this is a MAJOR disruption of the MMJ market. Prices will double for patients and access will degrade significantly.
Some medical patients will move to 502 stores. Those with money. Most will get pushed back into the black market.
The only winners in WA state today are the black market growers who will now inherit most of the current gray market.
A very black day for Washington, and also a caution to those in state that haven’t legalized yet. Washington is showing you how NOT to do it.
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