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(16 Jan 2015) VOICE-OVER: PRODUCTION AT THIS WASHINGTON STATE MARIJUANA FARM�.IS HUMMING. PIONER PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE PRODUCES 25 POUNDS OF THE DRUG EVERY 10 DAYS. BUT FOR NOW, THAT MAY BE TOO MUCH MARIJUANA. SOUNDBITE (English) Pat McDermott, Pioneer Production & Processing: "There's a price war out there." WHEN THE LEGAL MARIJUANA MARKET OPENED SIX MONTHS AGO...STORES ROUTINELY CLOSED BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH INVENTORY. NOW THERE'S A BOTTLENECK OF POT WAITING TO BE SOLD. SOUNDBITE (English) Pat McDermott, Pioneer Production & Processing: "We're already seeing people making hard moves to figure out one way or another how to survive in this." PRODUCERS SAY THE SLOW OPENINGS OF RETAIL STORES AND A BIG FALL HARVEST HAVE FLOODED THE SYSTEM. AND WITH ABOUT 300 GROWERS TO THE LESS THAN 100 STORES OPEN STATWIDE, MUCH OF THE 31 THOUSAND POUNDS HARVESTED SIT IN WAREHOUSES. SOUNDBITE (English) Randy Simmons, Washington State Liquor Control Board: "People fail in business all the time. Not that we want to see anybody fail but that's just the reality of economics." IN COLORADO, THE OTHER STATE WITH LEGAL MARIJUNA SALES, THERE ARE MORE RESTRICTIONS ON PRODUCTION. WASHINGTON CAPS HOW MUCH POT FARMERS CAN GROW, BUT NOT THE NUMBER OF GROWERS. SOUNDBITE (English) Randy Simmons, Washington State Liquor Control Board: "Part of the issue is that you have a lot of people who are good at growing marijuana, but not really good at running a business." THE OVER SUPPLY OF POT MEANS PRICES ARE STARTING TO COME DOWN... BUT NOT ENOUGH TO COMPETE WITH THE STILL LARGELY UNREGULATED MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND BLACK MARKETS. WHILE GROWERS WAIT FOR MORE STORES TO OPEN... A YOUNG INDUSTRY IS LEFT WITH SERIOUS GROWING PAINS. ROBERT BUMSTED, ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...