Marijuana retailers navigating changes as medical and recreational markets merge

Ellensburg’s two recreational marijuana shops — Cannabis Central and The Green Shelf — could both begin selling medical-grade marijuana on July 1, 2016.

The Liquor and Cannabis Board approved both shops for medical endorsements, which would allow them to sell higher-grade marijuana products to patients when the recreational and medical markets merge on July 1.

Rob Hendrix, who owns Cannabis Central, said it is the responsibility of recreational shops to step up and offer medical marijuana, especially in Kittitas County where there are so few medical dispensaries.

“I believe there is a legitimate need for it and I believe it is incumbent on us as 502 recreational retail stores to take care of that part of it too,” he said. In his opinion “20 to 35 percent of the people who come through my little pot shop door, I believe have real legitimate issues they are trying to deal with.”...

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