Dead MMJ Bill in Nevada Holds Lesson for Industry

A bill in Nevada aimed at adjusting the state’s medical marijuana program has died a quite death in the legislature. The bill had been held up in committee and the time limit expired before the Committee on Health and Human Services could give it a hearing.

If passed, the bill would have made it possible to transfer marijuana business licenses, make the licensing process more transparent, and make it easier for marijuana businesses to change locations. Although reasonable in scope, the bill never gained traction in the legislature, leaving outside observers to ask why.

The answer to that question is that the bill had become mired in irrelevancy and bad humor because of a certain provision in the bill that allowed pets to use medical marijuana with a vet’s approval. For weeks, the news was smattered with headlines like “Pots for pets?!” and other alliterative puns.

Wherever he went, bill sponsor Sen. Tick Segerblom was forced...

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