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Guinn Center for Policy Priorities to give presentation on pot ballot question

Marijuana samples are displayed at Las Vegas ReLeaf during a walking tour of various medical marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas' "Green District" Wednesday, April 20, 2016. (Jason Ogulnik/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By BEN BOTKIN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

September 20, 2016 - 7:22 pm

The Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities will give a presentation Wednesday on Ballot Question 2, which would allow recreational marijuana use and sales in Nevada.

The event will run 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Thomas & Mack Moot Court, in UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law. The event is free and open to the public.

The presentation is part of the law school’s Voter Education Program.

To RSVP, visit https://law.unlv.edu/content/ballot-initiative-forum-registration.

Contact Ben Botkin at bbotkin@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2904. Follow @BenBotkin on Twitter.

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