Nevada officials are investigating a cyberattack on the state’s medical marijuana program database after the personal information of thousands of people was leaked online Wednesday, the state confirmed in a news release.
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Nevada officials restored the state’s online registration system for medical marijuana cards a week after a “problem” forced them to take it down.
Nevada officials shut down the state’s online registration system for medical marijuana cards Thursday while they investigate a “problem” with the web portal, according to a state spokeswoman.
The election brought elation to the marijuana industry as four states passed measures that will legalize recreational marijuana use.
Adult use of marijuana becomes legal for Nevadans at the start of 2017. But for most of the general public, there will be no place to buy it — legally at least.
Several attorneys commenting on proposed guidance from the State Bar of Nevada regarding professional activities related to the medical marijuana industry told the Nevada Supreme Court the advice was unnecessary.
Don’t be surprised to see a slew of television ads touting a measure to legalize recreational marijuana use during the weeks leading up to the general election in November.
A political action committee backing recreational marijuana legalization has recently seen a stream of green, as in cash.
A marijuana expert from Colorado told business leaders here on Friday that after that state legalized recreational use of the drug in 2012, workplace incidents of employees under the influence rose from 6 percent to 20 percent in the following year.
Nevada’s legal tests to determine if drivers are impaired by marijuana have no scientific basis, according to a study by the nation’s largest automobile club that says those laws should be scrapped.
A $1 billion electric car plant and a futuristic transportation test track are among developments North Las Vegas hopes willpay off and diversify its economy. There’s another, greener, economic development that officials hope will fatten the city’s wallet.
Marijuana’s useful cousin hemp could soon be sprouting on test plots in Nevada after a legislative subcommittee gave final approval Thursday to regulations overseeing the pilot project.
The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe is primed to open the state’s first medical marijuana facility on Native American lands.
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