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Spin Control archive for Sept. 10, 2013

TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 2013

State could try to close pot dispensaries 

OLYMPIA — State officials may crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries next year, even as it licenses other businesses to grow, process and sell the drug for recreational uses. The state’s 15-year-old medical marijuana law was never intended to allow people to make a profit…

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Inslee, U.S. attorneys meet on pot

OLYMPIA -- Washington and federal officials had what's being called a "standard followup" meeting this morning about the new policy on state-legal marijuana. Nothing earth-shattering to report, apparently. Gov. Jay Inslee, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and U.S. Attorneys Mike Ormsby and Jenny Durkan has…

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