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Nevada announces winners of provisional cannabis lounge licenses

November 30, 2022
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A new generation of potential cannabis leaders learned Wednesday they had won a coveted provisional license to operate a consumption lounge through a process local advocates touted as a beacon of justice. The licensing round – which designates a set…

Viva Las Lounges: No, You Still Can’t Consume MJ Like Alcohol in Vegas

October 12, 2022
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By Rachel Gillette & Nabil Rodriguez The State of Nevada’s Cannabis Compliance Board is set to open the application window for licensing marijuana consumption lounges across the state on October 14. The application window will only be open for 10…

Marijuana consumption lounges approved for Las Vegas

September 21, 2022
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Cannabis consumption lounges are coming to the city of Las Vegas. In a 5-1 vote, the City Council on Wednesday denied Councilwoman Victoria Seaman’s motion to opt out of allowing such businesses. Councilman Stavros Anthony, who wasn’t at the meeting,…

Lawsuit over cannabis classification may proceed, judge rules

A Las Vegas judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit on Wednesday that aims to stop the state from classifying cannabis as a tightly regulated Schedule I drug. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed the lawsuit in April against…

Nevada poised to OK cannabis lounge regulations, opening door to public marijuana use

A year after lawmakers passed a bill authorizing cannabis consumption lounges, Nevada officials are poised to approve regulations that could pave the way for bar-like establishments where people could use marijuana as early as this year. The Cannabis Compliance Board is scheduled to…

Legalizing pot didn’t eliminate street dealers, study says

The head of Nevada’s Cannabis Compliance Board says he agrees with a Canadian university study that legalization of recreational marijuana use didn’t eliminate the illegal dealers. And Tyler Klimas says the study in the Journal of Studies of Alcohol and…

Weed lounges are coming to a city near you

November 25, 2021
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Las Vegas hopes to become a pioneer in creating public consumption spaces. LAS VEGAS — Planet 13’s cannabis “superstore” on the Strip has 30,000 square feet of retail space alongside a cafe, a bar and a marijuana processing center, all…

Nevada cannabis lounges legalized: What comes next?

CARSON CITY — Some four years after Nevada saw its first legal marijuana sales, locals and tourists alike will soon be able to consume it in legal cannabis lounges. Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday signed Assembly Bill 341, which gives…

Nevada weed infighting threatens vision of cannabis mecca

As the Nevada Legislature debates a variety of cannabis-related measures, dissension among dispensary owners could impede efforts to take Nevada’s fledgling weed industry to the next level, says Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom. The exodus of nine dispensaries from the…

Diversity lags at top of Nevada marijuana industry

February 12, 2021
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People of color make up nearly half of the Nevada marijuana industry workforce, but the executive-level positions for cannabis companies skew significantly whiter, according to a new survey. According to the survey conducted by the state’s Cannabis Compliance Board, 63…

Nevada marijuana workers can’t get permits amid backlog

November 16, 2020
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Laura Simes started getting nervous in July when her new agent card allowing her to legally work in the cannabis industry hadn’t arrived in the mail. It’d been a month since her card expired. She’d sent in the fees and…

Nevada Cannabis board cracking down on marijuana companies that are late on taxes, license fees

August 27, 2020
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Nevada’s Cannabis Compliance Board is implementing stricter procedures after holders of some 70 marijuana business licenses had past due taxes or didn’t renew their licenses on time. Board Executive Director Tyler Klimas said that out of more than 700 marijuana…

Nevada governor announces plans to pardon small marijuana possession convictions

A resolution being drafted by Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak would pardon tens of thousands of people who have been convicted for possessing small amounts of marijuana, according to a statement posted to Twitter Thursday. "If approved, this resolution will clear the…

Marijuana deliveries skyrocket during coronavirus crisis in Las Vegas

March 29, 2020
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Before the coronavirus outbreak, Thrive Cannabis Marketplace in North Las Vegas was making about three dozen deliveries a day. But with dispensaries only permitted to offer delivery service after nonessential businesses were ordered closed, Thrive is making several hundred deliveries…

Nevada Marijuana dispensaries delivering during coronavirus shutdown

March 25, 2020
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Nevadans can still get their marijuana. It just might take a bit longer to get it. Marijuana dispensaries made the list of businesses allowed to stay open in Nevada under Gov. Steve Sisolak’s order to close “nonessential” businesses that came down…

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