Seattle crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries
SEATTLE – Seattle city officials say 56 of 120 medical marijuana dispensaries have voluntarily closed since mid-September.
The city's Finance and Administrative Services (FAS) department handles the enforcement.
"We're trying to get you to be in compliance and if you can't get on the legal path, you just need to close," said William Edwards, who is the department's Director of Enforcement.
The FAS said it sent letter to all non-Initiative-502 marijuana businesses in August, informing them of the city's new ordinance.
Some of the city's criteria includes paying all applicable taxes, possessing a Seattle business license before 2013, and applying to the state cannabis board for a license.
The city says it has filed criminal complaints against three business. A city memo says the maximum penalty for a criminal conviction is 364 days in jail and a $5,000 fine.
"If we have to, which the city is not interested in,...
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