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Marijuana industry urges strict testing for recreational market

Hoping to avoid the pitfalls seen in other states that have legalized marijuana, several in Nevada’s marijuana industry want the state’s stringent testing of medical marijuana products to be carried over to the recreational market.

How will legalized recreational marijuana affect the gaming industry?

It’s a cinch that if you’re walking the Strip on New Year’s Eve, you’ll come across at least one person toking in the new year with a celebration of the arrival of legalized recreational marijuana in Nevada.

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Cooking with cannabis: Essence Vegas invites chefs, chocolatiers to share tips in Welllness workshop

With medical marijuana dispensaries opening throughout Clark County, Essence Vegas is hosting Wellness Wednesdays to educate patient card holders about a number of topics. In its biweekly workshop on June 15, chefs talked about edible products, explaining how to cook cannabis, properly measure baked goods so they have an even dose and what goes into infusing butter with cannabis.

New state office speeds process for patients seeking medical marijuana

The wait times for getting approved for a medical marijuana card are expected to be cut dramatically, thanks to a new Division of Public and Behavioral Health office in Las Vegas that will remove the need to mail the applications to Carson City.

Veterans say marijuana helps ease PTSD, pain

Veterans recently joined a tour of a local dispensary and testing lab to tell their stories of how medical marijuana has improved their lives since they left the military.

 
NFL lineman joins panel calling for marijuana research — VIDEO

Eugene Monroe, an offensive lineman for the National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens, joined a panel at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to discuss the need for marijuana research Wednesday morning.

Local marijuana dispensaries celebrate 4/20 ‘holiday’

As the valley’s first medical marijuana dispensaries have set up shop over the past few months, with more on the way, they’re now lighting up “four twenty” — a day of the year, which is known to both smokers and nonsmokers of marijuana as a time to celebrate cannabis culture.

Retired Las Vegas police officer has new job with marijuana

Dave Kallas spent over two decades busting drug dealers on the streets of Las Vegas. On Saturday, he became a dealer himself — a legal one — when his medical marijuana dispensary The Apothecarium, 7885 W. Sahara Ave., officially opened for business.