Starting Jan. 1, it will be legal for adults 21 and older in Nevada to possess up to an ounce of marijuana or up to one-eighth of an ounce of cannabis concentrate.
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At the same time Nevadans will help elect a president, they will also determine whether to legalize recreational marijuana.
Even if voters do approve recreational marijuana, that doesn’t mean adult consumers will be able to walk into a pot shop to buy weed on Jan. 1 when the law would take effect.
Dr. Steven Simerville worries about the number of babies being born in Pueblo, Colo., with marijuana in their bodies.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson gave $1.35 million more to the campaign opposing recreational marijuana in Nevada in recent weeks, campaign filings with the Nevada secretary of state show.
You won’t see the casino industry leading the charge for passage of Question 2, Nevada’s recreational marijuana initiative. That’s because the state Gaming Control Board has been quite public about its concern that marijuana possession will remain a federal crime even if Question 2 is approved by voters Tuesday.
Should Nevada voters legalize recreational marijuana come Nov. 8, the penalties for the drug’s average recreational user will see a massive overhaul, but in practice, policing of the drug won’t change much.
The campaign against legal recreational marijuana in Arizona last week received a $500,000 donation from Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson.
Opponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in Nevada joined the fight with barely two months left in the election cycle, but they’ve wasted little time in rolling out a well-funded ad campaign.
A study published last week in a Scandanavian medical journal suggests there could be a link between heavy marijuana usage in teens and lower IQ scores.
Marijuana supporters got a big boost Monday when Nevada’s largest labor union endorsed Question 2.
With just 38 days until Election Day, supporters and opponents gathered to debate the burning question: Should Nevadans legalize recreational marijuana? The measure, Question 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot, would legalize the possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana and allow for the sale of the drug to adults 21 and over.
From California, with its counterculture heritage, to the fishing ports and mill towns of Maine, millions of Americans in nine states have a chance to vote Nov. 8 on expanding legal access to marijuana.
Some predictions made during the campaign by legalization supporters have proven true but Colorado’s first-in-the-nation dive into a legal pot market also has come with unanticipated problems and failed predictions.
Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities will give a presentation Wednesday on Ballot Question 2
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