Nevada marijuana industry growth has state scrambling to catch up
By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s fledgling marijuana industry has taken off significantly faster than state officials anticipated.
Now state regulators are scrambling to catch up.
Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee on Wednesday approved approximately $1.3 million in new funding for the Nevada Department of Taxation to help bolster staffing and upgrade technology systems that the department’s executive director said are necessary to keep up with the ever-increasing regulatory demands.