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COLORADO SPRINGS — Some call it the “Green Rush,” but like the 19th-century prospectors who inspired the pun, not everyone who flocked to El Paso County’s burgeoning medical-marijuana industry struck it rich.
In fact, most struck out.
Three years after a statewide medical marijuana boom brought scores of dispensaries to Colorado Springs, their ranks here have dwindled by half, city licensing figures show — culled by steep financial barriers, strict regulations at the state and local levels and the standard perils of being a small-business owner.
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