Governor Inslee to sign bill changing medical marijuana rules

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ Gov. Jay Inslee is expected to sign into law an overhaul of Washington's medical marijuana market that seeks to eliminate unregulated dispensary sales now that the state's recreational market is in place.

Among the provisions of the measure Inslee was to sign Friday afternoon is the creation of a voluntary database of patients. Unregistered patients wouldn't be allowed to possess the same amounts of marijuana or enjoy similar tax breaks that registered patients would.

The passage of Initiative 502 in 2012 allowed the sale of marijuana to adults for recreational use. Recreational businesses have complained that they're being squeezed by medical dispensaries that have proliferated in many parts of the state.