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May 6, 2024

Recreational Marijuana Laws

Harris Farms assistant foreman Jordan Williams, from left, owner Dan Harris and plant specialist Brad Thurmond stand in a marijuana field in Pahrump.
Could the croptober phenomenon come to Nevada?
Oct. 3, 2019
Across America, bud is blooming. Outdoor cannabis cultivators are preparing to harvest their crop this month, marking the end of an eight-to 10-month annual process. The seeds of many cannabis strains grown outdoors are ...
A cashier rings up a marijuana sale at a dispensary in Las Vegas, July 1, 2017.
Nevada advocates hopeful after historic House vote on marijuana banking
Oct. 2, 2019
A marijuana bill that could revolutionize the operations of Nevada’s cannabis industry passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week, the first standalone ...
A customer receives a delivery of medical marijuana at her home July 12, 2017. The MedMen cannabis company has begun a 24-hour delivery service in Southern Nevada.
MedMen launches round-the-clock marijuana delivery service in Las Vegas
Sept. 18, 2019
In this 24-hour town of ours you can get a drink, go grocery shopping and lift weights whenever you desire — regardless of the time of day. Now, Las Vegas-area residents can also have legal marijuana delivered to their front door at all hours. After debuting cannabis delivery service last month in California, MedMen ...
In this Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, file photo, a guest takes a puff of a cannabis vape pen during a marijuana event in downtown Los Angeles. A short walk from police headquarters in the heart of downtown, a cluster of bustling shops are openly selling packaging and hardware that can be used to produce counterfeit, and potentially dangerous, marijuana vapes that have infected California's cannabis market and possibly sickened dozens of people.
Knockoff pot vapes raise concerns for licensed companies
Sept. 18, 2019
A short walk from police headquarters in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a cluster of bustling shops are openly selling packaging and hardware that can be used to produce counterfeit marijuana vapes that have infected California's cannabis market ...
Nevada cannabis licensing chief on leave amid claims of improper conduct
Sept. 10, 2019
An embattled Nevada Department of Taxation official who was in charge of the state’s cannabis licensing process last year has been placed on leave. Licensing chief Jorge Pupo ...
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson arrives for a fan meet-and-greet at Planet 13 dispensary Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Tyson was promoting his line of Tyson Ranch-brand marijuana and CBD products.
Mike Tyson wants to be ‘the face of cannabis’ in Las Vegas
Sept. 4, 2019
Sitting in a conference room at the Planet 13 dispensary, Mike Tyson talked proudly about his marijuana business interests and Las Vegas, the city that helped make him famous. The former boxer was there Saturday to promote his Tyson Ranch line of cannabis ...
Nevada judge gives OK for some new retail pot stores to open
Nevada judge gives OK for some new retail pot stores to open
Aug. 29, 2019
More than a dozen new dispensaries could open in Nevada's booming retail marijuana market in coming weeks, after a judge gave the go-ahead Thursday to companies that underwent background checks and won licenses ...
A cashier rings up a marijuana sale at a dispensary in Las Vegas, July 1, 2017.
Nevada judge's ruling could freeze licensing process for some new cannabis shops
Aug. 23, 2019
Some of the companies awarded Nevada retail marijuana licenses in 2018 could have their licenses frozen under a ruling issued Friday by a Clark County judge ...
A cashier rings up a marijuana sale at a dispensary in Las Vegas, July 1, 2017.
Nevada judge is asked to let new wave of retail marijuana shops open
Aug. 16, 2019
Attorneys for companies that won Nevada retail marijuana dispensary licenses last year argued Friday during closing arguments that there was no reason for a temporary stop on ...
Buds are cleaned during a tour at the Premium Produce marijuana cultivation and production facility Friday, July 26, 2019.
Plaintiffs present closing arguments in Nevada cannabis hearing
Aug. 15, 2019
Nevada’s process to award retail cannabis licenses in 2018 was riddled with mistakes and disadvantages for applicants without a professional relationship with state officials ...
Marijuana plants are shown during a tour of the Green Life Productions grow facility in Las Vegas Thursday, April 19, 2018.
Lawyer's line of questioning criticized at Nevada cannabis licensing hearing
Aug. 14, 2019
Attorneys on both sides of a Nevada retail cannabis license injunction hearing rested their cases Wednesday after nearly three months of on-and-off testimony, but not before ...
Witnesses: License holders losing millions as Nevada cannabis licensing hearing trudges forward
Witnesses: License holders losing millions as Nevada cannabis licensing hearing trudges forward
Aug. 13, 2019
Marijuana businesses in Nevada with dormant retail cannabis licenses are missing out on significant profits and the state is losing tax revenue ...
Employees apply Reina brand product labels at the Premium Produce marijuana cultivation and production facility Friday, July 26, 2019.
Young entrepreneur capitalizes on Nevada cannabis vision
July 30, 2019
Priscilla Vilchis says she’s primed to build a cannabis business empire. The owner and CEO of Premium Produce, a marijuana cultivation and production facility in Las Vegas, Vilchis, 32, worked ...
A 60-foot-wide billboards on Interstate 80 near Hackensack, N.J., paid for by the Marijuana Policy Project in an effort to protest the National Football League’s position on marijuana, Jan 28, 2014. The relatively rapid acceptance of marijuana use in the United States has lawmakers and employers grappling with ways to adjust hiring rules.
When the law says using marijuana Is OK, but the boss disagrees
July 21, 2019
Nevada has passed a bill prohibiting the denial of employment based on a positive test for marijuana ...
In this July 1, 2017, file photo, is opening day of legal recreational marijuana sales at the Blum marijuana dispensary in Reno. A licensed marijuana store in Reno has begun taking credit cards for pot purchases by calling itself a food truck to get around federal banking regulations that have most cannabis businesses doing a cash-only business.
Reno marijuana store uses 'food truck' label for credit card sales
July 20, 2019
Blüm marijuana dispensary certainly doesn't look like a food truck. There are no chicken wings or tacos at the Reno store, just displays of ...