Marijuana dispensary says business going to pot amid opening delays

Frustrated by months of delays, a medical marijuana dispensary is requesting internal Clark County records and threatening a lawsuit to get the store open.

Euphoria Wellness, on Jones Boulevard near Robindale Road, passed state and county inspections in April and has been ready to open since.

But the dispensary hasn’t been able to obtain marijuana because approved cultivation facilities have been slow to start and haven’t produced a viable batch.

Euphoria Wellness initially planned to buy medical marijuana from cardholders already licensed to grow their own plants until cultivation facilities were up and running.

But in a news conference today, Euphoria attorney Maggie McLetchie said the plan has been derailed by the county business licensing department’s “overly strict and absurd” interpretation of state law.

“It seems designed to do nothing but slow us down,” McLetchie said of the county’s stance. “We’ve been extremely frustrated with this process.”

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