Should Seattle open a marijuana retailer in Pike Place Market?

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If Seattle really wants to cripple the downtown marijuana black market, the city has to figure out a way to open a marijuana store either in Pike Place Market or very nearby. That’s where the tourists are; that’s who’s mostly buying off the streets in that area.

 

A new way of attacking downtown’s black market for marijuana — open a recreational marijuana store in the Market. (Photo: PI file)

At least, I certainly see a lot of open-air offerings there. I don’t know of any data tracking illegal pot sales in the city’s tourist core, but you know … walks like a duck, quacks like one. I mean, who else would go to downtown’s tourist destination and buy weed, if not tourists (and some partiers who don’t live in the city)?

A new approach! 

In April, city officials announced a major crackdown on drug...

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