The Elko Daily Free Press is counting down the days until marijuana is legal in Nevada by answering questions concerning the law.

Q: Who is allowed to sell marijuana starting Jan. 1?

A: While people who are 21 and older will be able to legally possess an ounce or less of marijuana starting Jan. 1, don’t expect any places to legally sell it at the beginning of the year.

The Department of Taxation has 12 months from Jan. 1, 2017, to be ready to receive applications for marijuana establishments. Once the Department begins receiving those applications, it will only accept them from places holding medical marijuana establishment certificates for the first 18 months.

After that other people will be able to apply.

A Nevada lawmaker is working on a plan to make retail marijuana available to adults 21 and over long before the recreational cannabis industry launches in the summer of 2018.

Although marijuana is about to enter into legal status all across the Silver State at the first of the year, people are still going to be forced to lean on the black market for smoke because the cannabis trade is not expected to be ready for at least another year.

It is for this reason that State Senator Tick Segerblom would like to see the state pass legislation that would allow recreational reefer to be sold temporarily through the medical sector – a concept that was successfully implemented last year in the state of Oregon.

A Nevada lawmaker is working on a plan to make retail marijuana available to adults 21 and over long before the recreational cannabis industry launches in the summer of 2018.

Although marijuana is about to enter into legal status all across the Silver State at the first of the year, people are still going to be forced to lean on the black market for smoke because the cannabis trade is not expected to be ready for at least another year.

It is for this reason that State Senator Tick Segerblom would like to see the state pass legislation that would allow recreational reefer to be sold temporarily through the medical sector – a concept that was successfully implemented last year in the state of Oregon.

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Duke Rodriguez brought a three-week-old pot plant to the State Fair, touching off a silly kerfuffle that highlights the absurdity of our current marijuana laws.

Rodriguez is president and CEO of Ultra Health LLC, based in Scottsdale, Ariz. The plant he displayed to fairgoers is just one of 450 Ultra Health is permitted to grow on its 11-acre pot ranch in Bernalillo.

For publicly exhibiting a marijuana plant, the state demands Ultra Health suspend sales for five days, a penalty Rodriguez says will cost him $100,000.

There’s serious money in the legal marijuana trade, and a lot more still on the horizon.

Now that the citizens of Nevada have decided to permit recreational marijuana both the state’s gaming licensee’s and gaming regulators need to figure out what it really means to the state’s gaming industry.

One might think – since the state has approved the use of both medical and recreational marijuana –what’s the big deal? Why not treat cannabis consumption no differently than, say, a new beer?

Everything you need to know about the 5th Annual Marijuana Business Conference and Expo in Sin City.

Spirits were high at the 5th annual Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas this past weekend. Attendees were universally excited by the election results, which saw voters approve 8 out of 9 marijuana legalization ballot measures.

This year’s conference was the biggest ever, sold out with attendance exceeding 10,000 people. Next year, the conference will be moving to a bigger site at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The conference featured a dizzying array of vendors spread across three expo halls, all of which were jam-packed. 

Don’t gamble with marijuana! Nevada’s regulators restate their position that the drug is off limits for casinos, despite certain impracticalities. (Image: Universal Pictures)

Nevada gaming regulators this week reiterated their stance on cannabis and casinos: licensees must avoid it like the plague.

Despite the state’s voters supporting the initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use on November 8th, licensees are advised to steer clear of permitting it on their premises or engaging with any legal marijuana businesses, as long as federal and state laws are at odds on the matter.

On 8 November, voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada approved ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis. It is now legal in a total of eight states. This creates potential problems for road safety. How do we determine who’s impaired and who’s not?