Medical marijuana dispensaries are multiplying rapidly in Washington, D.C., as regulators convert “gifting” shops that were operating under Initiative 71.
Initiative 71, approved in November 2014 by District of Columbia voters, legalized the recreational possession, consumption and sharing of marijuana among adults while outlawing sales of the drug.
But the measure allowed stores selling non-marijuana items to include a “gift” of cannabis.
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Now, however, cannabis retailers operating under the measure have only until March 31 to open as licensed medical marijuana dispensaries, or they’ll be shut down.
Seven medical marijuana dispensaries and eight cultivators were licensed to operate in D.C. after the district legalized MMJ in May 2010 – but far more stores were selling cannabis.
“There’s a safety and health factor –
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