Nev. adopts emergency rules to combat weed bottleneck
By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun
Distributors previously operating in Nevada’s medical marijuana program may soon enter the recreational marijuana market after the Nevada Tax Commission on Thursday approved emergency regulations to reopen distribution licensing.
The Nevada Tax Commission voted to let the Department of Taxation again determine whether limiting licenses for those who transport weed from Nevada cultivation and production facilities to dispensaries only to licensed alcohol distributors — as called on by November’s Ballot Question 2, which legalized recreational use and possession of the plant — would result in a shortage of distributors for the new industry.
If so, it would be able to award licenses to previous medical marijuana distributors.