Competition killing some marijuana dispensaries

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http://www.gazette.com/articles/marijuana-106832-dispensaries-seemed.html

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Tanya Garduno, director of the Colorado Springs Medical Cannabis Council, said she knows of 12 dispensaries that have gone out of business in the past two months.

City sales tax licenses indicate that the number could be higher. Through the end of June, the city had 230 medical marijuana related-businesses with active sales tax licenses. At the end of September, that number had dropped to 188. In unincorporated El Paso County, there are 17 dispensaries with land-use permits. (Click here for a map of local dispensaries.)

“People who jumped in thinking ‘If I just open my doors, I’ll be OK,’ are finding out that they made a mistake,” Garduno said. “Patients have little tolerance for bad medicine or bad customer service. They know there is always a better place they can go.”

Even some places that are running a sound business are having a tough time, she said.


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