Couple cited for smoking pot in Elko bar on New Year’s Eve
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ELKO — A pair of partygoers at an Elko bar were cited for smoking marijuana just minutes before the new year brought new marijuana laws to Nevada — not that it would have made a difference if they’d waited.
The Elko Daily Free Press reports that Marcus Conner, 24, and Stephany Dennis, 21, were arrested late Saturday for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
Police say Conner said he believed the pot was legal since Nevada voters legalized recreational marijuana, effective this past Sunday.
Police point out that even if the partygoers had been caught a few minutes later, Nevada’s marijuana laws prohibit smoking in public.
