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Vegas medical marijuana deadline draws crowd

The deadline for land use and licensing applications for medical marijuana establishments in Las Vegas ended Wednesday with a last-minute frenzy of late comers eager to beat the 3 p.m. deadline.

Gaming board sticking to medical pot stance

A regulatory mandate that Nevada gaming license holders stay away from the state’s neophyte medical marijuana business could be challenged again Thursday at the Nevada Gaming Commission. But the outcome is inevitable.

Henderson gets 28 medical pot applications

Henderson received 28 applications for medical marijuana establishments by the end of business Thursday, the last day of the two-week filing period.

NLV approves medical marijuana ordinance

North Las Vegas OK’d a second medical marijuana ordinance Wednesday, unanimously adopting business licensing rules first introduced early this month.

Slot operator sanctioned over medical pot

Nevada Gaming Control Board for the first time has punished a gaming licensee for also having an interest in a medical marijuana business.

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Panel hears proposals to fix Nevada’s new medical marijuana law

Issues raised at the first meeting of Nevada medical marijuana panel Wednesday ranged from employment protections for patients to ensuring that patients who grow their own will be allowed to continue to do so.

North Las Vegas delays action on pot regulations

North Las Vegas leaders tabled a medical marijuana licensing ordinance Wednesday, delaying final action on a package of rules aimed at luring pot growers to APEX Industrial Park.

Pot farm raid leads to costly cleanup

Nabbing the bad guys was only part of the challenge facing federal officials who shut down an illegal marijuana garden where nearly 2,000 pot plants sprouted up from U.S. rangeland in remote wilderness in northeast Nevada’s Snake Mountains.

County’s pot permit process found wanting by some

Early this month medical marijuana entrepreneurs were given six minutes to make their case for one of 18 pot dispensary licenses up for grabs in Clark County.

Food safety a new frontier for legal marijuana

The marijuana in those pot brownies isn’t the only thing that can potentially make consumers sick. The industry and regulators are taking a closer look at how pot-infused edibles are actually made.

North Las Vegas approves medical pot ordinance

North Las Vegas adopted its first medical marijuana ordinance on Wednesday, plowing ahead with a spate of land use and zoning rules introduced June 4.

Henderson City Council considers medical marijuana codes

Henderson City Council on Tuesday got its first look at the potential medical marijuana industry and, proposed changes to city code and zoning regulations to allow medical marijuana establishments were introduced.