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April 26, 2024

Recreational Marijuana Laws

Enjoy cuisine without borders at Trece in Las Vegas
Enjoy cuisine without borders at Trece in Las Vegas
Sept. 7, 2020
The Planet 13 Entertainment Complex restaurant has great Mexican food, but its varied menu takes you all over the world.
This April 16, 2018, photo shows the Essence cannabis dispensary in Las Vegas. A Nevada judge ruled Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 that some new retail marijuana stores can open, some applications for licenses can be reviewed again by state officials and some companies that were denied licenses in December 2018 still won't get a permit.
Nevada judge rules state marijuana licensing process can go ahead
Sept. 3, 2020
Judge Gonzalez did not say laws were broken, despite allegations by attorneys for some marijuana companies, and she did not specify who should now get a license or not ...
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak responds to a question during an interview at his office in the Grant Sawyer State Office Building Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.
Nevada pardons thousands convicted of minor marijuana possession
June 17, 2020
Nevada became the latest state with legal marijuana sales to pardon people convicted of possessing a small amount of cannabis. The State Board of ...
Visitors with medical cards tour and make purchases during the Grand Opening Celebration and Open House for The+Source marijuana dispensary on Saturday, January 30, 2016.
Is marijuana essential? Dispensaries OK’d to stay open
March 18, 2020
Is marijuana essential during the coronavirus pandemic? That seemed to be the question this morning as people flocked to Las Vegas-area dispensaries to stock up after Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered ...
A 4,800-square-foot marijuana dispensary is proposed for this location in a strip mall on Sahara Avenue at Fort Apache Road.
Las Vegas council denies marijuana dispensary permit near Summerlin
Feb. 5, 2020
The Las Vegas City Council voted 6-0 Wednesday to deny a special use permit for a marijuana dispensary on Sahara and Forte Apache that was previously approved by ...
A 4,800-square-foot marijuana dispensary is proposed for this location in a strip mall on Sahara Avenue at Fort Apache Road.
Las Vegas council to vote on dispensary allowed by law but resisted by neighbors
Feb. 4, 2020
Las Vegas Councilwoman Victoria Seaman is encouraging residents to attend Wednesday’s city council meeting to speak out against a proposed marijuana dispensary in her ward ...
Report: Oregon marijuana sales 420% stronger near Idaho
Jan. 18, 2020
Marijuana sales in Oregon along the Idaho state line are 420% the statewide average, according to a state report ....
A cashier rings up a marijuana sale at a dispensary in Las Vegas, July 1, 2017.
Nevada collects record $9.8 million in taxes from cannabis sales
Jan. 13, 2020
A state-best $9.8 million in marijuana tax revenue was collected by Nevada in October, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation, which regulates the industry.
In this April 20, 2018, file photo, a customer shops for marijuana at the Exhale Nevada dispensary in Las Vegas.
UNLV study: Marijuana use can harm fetus during pregnancy
Dec. 9, 2019
Marijuana use during pregnancy has doubled over the last 15 years, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association ...
Nevada administration director who led pot program resigns
Nov. 12, 2019
The director of the Department of Nevada Administration has announced her resignation after she led the state into ...
Mitch Britten, CEO of Thrive Cannabis Marketplace, poses at the medical marijuana dispensary, Tuesday, May 17, 2016.
Don’t call it marijuana; it’s cannabis
Nov. 8, 2019
Marijuana by any other name would provide the same high, but many people now prefer the term cannabis, citing a stigma surrounding marijuana as well as a reportedly racist ...
Three friends have lunch at Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe, in West Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 1, 2019. The food at West Hollywood’s first weed restaurant isn’t actually infused with weed, but the cuisine could certainly be described as cannabis complementary.
At new cafe in California, the menu pairs well with marijuana
Oct. 30, 2019
The food at West Hollywood’s first weed restaurant, Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe, isn’t actually infused with weed. But the cuisine could certainly be described as cannabis complementary ...
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg stops by Top Notch Dispensary and meets with Riana Durrett, executive director of Nevada Dispensary Association, and Top Notch owners Daniel Moreno, John Heischman and Kema Ogden, Wed. OCt. 23, 2019.
Buttigieg talks marijuana issues after touring Las Vegas dispensary
Oct. 24, 2019
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday toured a Las Vegas marijuana dispensary to tout his pro-cannabis views. The mayor of South Bend, Ind., after his visit to the Top Notch The Health Center dispensary, said the legalized ...
In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 photo, a pedestrian walks past the Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary, an unlicensed marijuana shop, in Vancouver, B.C.
Frustration and pride in Canada after a year of legal marijuana
Oct. 20, 2019
It's one year into Canada's experiment in legal marijuana, and hundreds of legal pot shops have opened. While many residents remain proud of Canada for bucking prohibition, a lot still buy cannabis on the sly ...
Gov. Steve Sisolak speaks during a news conference at the summer meeting of the National Governors Association in Salt Lake City, July 24, 2019. Sisolak is expressing outrage and vowing to tighten marijuana licensing oversight after reports that a foreign national contributed to two top state political candidates last year in a bid to skirt rules to open a legal cannabis store.
Sisolak vows to root out crime in marijuana marketplace
Oct. 12, 2019
Nevada's governor expressed outrage Friday and vowed to tighten control of the state's lucrative legal marijuana marketplace in response to reports that a foreign national contributed to two top state political candidates last year in a bid to skirt rules to open ...