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Losers in pot battles head right to courts

From the news coming out of Washoe County, you’d almost think there’s a glaucoma epidemic erupting at Lake Tahoe’s Incline Village. Not one, but three licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries have been issued to companies with plans to open pot shops at Incline and nearby Crystal Bay.

Ex-Alaskan senator to lead Nevada pot company

Former U.S. Democratic Sen. Mike Gravel said on Wednesday he would head a Nevada company that develops and markets cannabis throat lozenges and other products in states that have taken steps to legalize weed.

County weeds out some pot dispensaries

Clark County commissioners on Monday rejected all applicants for medical marijuana dispensaries who didn’t previously receive a special use permit from the county to set up shop.

 
Colo. neighbors sue over pot crossing borders

Nebraska and Oklahoma challenged neighboring Colorado’s recreational marijuana laws in the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday amid complaints its pot was seeping across their borders, and Colorado vowed to defend its laws.

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Desert Aire Wellness pot shop wins Las Vegas approval

Las Vegas leaders on Wednesday approved the Desert Aire Wellness bid to build a pot shop at 420 E. Sahara Ave. — signing off on the group some six weeks after they OK’d 27 other dispensary license applications

Gun control, pot initiatives headed to Legislature

Petitions seeking to expand background check requirements for gun purchases and to allow the recreational use of marijuana are sufficient and will be submitted to the 2015 Legislature, Secretary of State Ross Miller said Monday.

Henderson medical pot dispensary proposed at Galleria mall

One of Henderson’s first medical marijuana dispensaries could be at the Galleria at Sunset mall under a proposal submitted Tuesday. Wellness Connection of Nevada decided on the new site after the city rejected its plan to open a dispensary on Sunset Road, less than a mile west of the mall.

Las Vegas takes second look at rejected medical pot shops

With the threat of lawsuits looming, Las Vegas city leaders Wednesday decided Nuleaf CLV should get a chance to find a new location for the shop it proposed at 4500 West Charleston Blvd.

Medical marijuana a growing choice of PTSD victims

A growing number of Nevada veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder are choosing medical marijuana to help them heal.

State-county pot dispensary clash could spark lawsuits

The future dispensaries of Clark County’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry might not be as initially widespread as expected, and resolution of the situation might be placed in the courts’ hands.

Panel examines questions raised by medical marijuana

With Nevada just months from its first legal sales of medical marijuana, there are still many questions about how the system will work, elected officials and lawyers said during a public forum Thursday night.

State, Clark County tangle over medical pot

Nearly half of the 18 medical marijuana dispensary applications that Clark County commissioners approved have an uncertain fate, as they failed to win state support. The development has brought about frustration and unanswered questions among county officials and applicants who are now in limbo.

Trust lacking in process for licensing medicinal pot businesses

Las Vegas city leaders approved most of the medical marijuana dispensary applications put before them last month, but one official, Richard Truesdell, was an exception to the rule.

 
Alaska TV reporter turned pot activist aims at cannabis club

A former Alaska broadcast news reporter who famously quit her job in an on-air stunt aimed at boosting a campaign to legalize pot in Alaska said on Friday she aims to open a bricks-and-mortar cannabis club in Anchorage before turning it into a seed-to-sale business.

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