The Spokane City Council approved a six-month moratorium Monday night on new medical marijuana dispensaries.

Councilman Jon Snyder said, "We need a timeout" to consider how new state rules for recreational marijuana sales will affect the medical marijuana business.

The Spokesman-Review reports ( http://bit.ly/YVlryy) the council feared a proliferation in marijuana businesses before the state finished writing its rules.

The action freezes the number of medical marijuana businesses in Spokane at about a dozen.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com