Big crowds greeted the beginning of legal recreational marijuana sales in Las Vegas and around Nevada on Saturday morning.
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Dispensaries around the Las Vegas Valley were waiting for final pot shipments to arrive Friday, altering packaging to adhere to legal standards and tightening security before recreational users line up to purchase weed.
Nevada’s medical marijuana dispensaries have stockpiled one to two months worth of pot sales, Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak said at a press conference Thursday, in preparation for the start of legal recreational sales Saturday at midnight.
From pipe dream to reality in less than eight months, legal recreational marijuana sales kick off Saturday.
Recreational marijuana will soon be legal in Nevada, but travelers might not be able to light up at the airport.
A legal challenge by alcohol distributors over who could transport recreational marijuana between cultivation facilities and dispensaries looked as though it might push back the state’s goal of rolling out marijuana sales on July 1.
Policies on how the legal use of marijuana will affect the gaming industry are expected to be aired next month as regulators grapple with the oncoming legalization of recreational pot.
Clark County commissioners on Wednesday approved special-use permits for 25 medical marijuana dispensaries that plan to begin recreational sales.
The preliminary injunction issued by District Judge James Wilson could delay a planned July 1 start date for recreational marijuana sales in Nevada.
Nevada’s godfather of marijuana, state Sen. Tick Segerblom, intends to leave the Nevada Legislature to run for a vacant Clark County Commission seat.