Judge halts effort to license new Nev. recreational pot distributors
By Sean Whaley Las Vegas Review-Journal
A district judge on Friday temporarily halted any effort by the Department of Taxation to license additional distributors of recreational marijuana other than liquor wholesalers.
The order sought by the Independent Alcohol Distributors of Nevada was granted by District Judge James Todd Russell after he said the tax agency at a Thursday meeting appeared to have a predetermined outcome in place in support of allowing more than just liquor wholesalers to distribute pot from grow facilities to retail establishments.
With six liquor wholesalers already licensed, Russell said it’s unlikely that there will be any disruption in the delivery of marijuana to the state’s 50 retail stores while he considers the issue.