Vegas Marijuana Lounges Coming
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Quote: terapinedI think most lounges will be attached to a dispensary so the sales are simply next door :-)
Initially, lounges will be next to Dispensaries because they will be the first permits given out. They have already gone thru the licensing and background checks. Eventually, it will be like a liquor permit and take months from the application to final permits.
Clark County appears to be no where near the point of issuing anything, so it's only dispensaries within the City of Las Vegas that are opening them right now.
Not allowed to sell or permit possession of booze, but can sell pot... at least as contemplated by LV city counsel so far. Could also sell stuff like the aforementioned chocolate and gourmet coffee.Quote: DRichI am pretty sure that they are not allowed to sell any drugs in the lounges,
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Initiative 301
An initiative to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms, or magic mushrooms, by making it lawful for a person 21 or older to possess, use and home cultivation magic mushrooms. It would also establish a panel to review the law’s impact on public health and safety and prevent Denver from using public funds or resources to prosecute people charged with psilocybin-related crimes.
Results:
Yes/for: 45.43 percent
No/against: 54.57 percent
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It looks like this can will be kicked down the road to Oregon in 2020.
Quote: GialmereHere is the current tally for today's Denver magic mushroom vote...
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Initiative 301
An initiative to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms, or magic mushrooms, by making it lawful for a person 21 or older to possess, use and home cultivation magic mushrooms. It would also establish a panel to review the law’s impact on public health and safety and prevent Denver from using public funds or resources to prosecute people charged with psilocybin-related crimes.
Results:
Yes/for: 45.43 percent
No/against: 54.57 percent
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It looks like this can will be kicked down the road to Oregon in 2020.
This initiative ended up passing by a narrow margin. Results to be certified by May 16th.
https://www.denvergov.org/electionresults#/results/20190507
(results on the bottom of linked page)
Article with explanation of how it is still illegal but will be treated as low priority for law enforcement.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/08/denver-psychedelic-magic-mushroom/
Quote: CoastalSheldon Adelson is an anti-cannabis crusader--his son died of a heroin overdose--but even his millions in political spending haven't seemed to slow the tide of legal cannabis in Nevada. I don't think the Venetian will be lobbying to open a cannabis lounge anytime soon.
Have you seen the show VEEP? One of the donars is a satire of Shelly, only he out shelly's him. Crisis in the Middle East? Nothing loosening gaming regs in Macau won't fix.
Foxnews probably thinks Daltrey is against pot so they gleefully went with the story
Roger Daltrey could care less if somebody smokes as long as Roger is not around.
All Who fans know Roger Daltrey is not against pot, he's allergic to pot. Big difference
It seems the state politicians in Carson City will be voting on a bill that includes a two-year moratorium on marijuana consumption lounge licensing and a 1500 foot space requirement from the nearest casino. The two years would be used to study how lounges would work. There would then be another one year delay as they figured out how to issue licenses. If passed, the law would supersede a city ordinance. According to a government spokesperson...
Quote:“The governor believes that it’s better to address the issue of consumption lounges the right way than the quick way.”
So what's going on? Well, the bill is being championed by the National Resort Association i.e. the casinos who, according to those in favor of lounges, are stalling for time. Since marijuana is still illegal as far as federal law is concerned, there is no way the casinos will risk their gambling licenses to allow smoking on site. So what happens if--horror of horrors--marijuana lounges become big hits with the tourists, especially millennials? Many lounges will offer food and live entertainment. Suddenly there's not only new competition for tourist dollars but the casinos are frozen out of the new revenue stream until the feds act and by then they'll be years behind the curve.
To temporarily pee on the fire, the casinos seem to be calling in all their state government chits in order to buy time until they can figure out how they can get a piece of the action.
Full story at Reno Gazette Journal
Oakland did not legalize mushrooms but it did decriminalize 'shrooms.
Only if you are winning.Quote: ChumpChange. Maybe if I collapse on the floor laughing security will escort me out.
Full story at USA Today
The law, however, does not apply to all jobs. Police, fire and medical personal must still be tested. So must truck drivers, construction workers and most union members (whose insurance rates would dramatically increase if testing is not used). Also, since marijuana is still illegal under federal law, federal workers and those receiving federal grant money are exempted from the new law.
Full Story at Merry Jane
Quote: GialmereIn another update, Nevada has now become the first state to ban pre-employment marijuana testing. The idea being that since pot is now legal in the state, you can't discriminate against those who use it legally. Unlike alcohol (which leaves your system in hours), or other drugs (which usually take days), you can often test positive for pot several weeks after imbibing it. The new law, signed by the governor (who was against legalization) last week, is designed to address the issue.
The law, however, does not apply to all jobs. Police, fire and medical personal must still be tested. So must truck drivers, construction workers and most union members (whose insurance rates would dramatically increase if testing is not used). Also, since marijuana is still illegal under federal law, federal workers and those receiving federal grant money are exempted from the new law.
Full Story at Merry Jane
This was always my question about legal marijuana. How it was to be enforced at the hiring level. Also, since marijuana stays in your system so long how it could be enforced. Some questions arise. For instance, does an employee hired in Nevada with offices in say Arizona. Do the hires depending on the states have different drug screenings now?
Quote: Gabes22This was always my question about legal marijuana. How it was to be enforced at the hiring level. Also, since marijuana stays in your system so long how it could be enforced. Some questions arise. For instance, does an employee hired in Nevada with offices in say Arizona. Do the hires depending on the states have different drug screenings now?
Yeah, it'll obviously be a mess for quite a while, especially with it still illegal at the federal level. My question has been level of intoxication. Suppose you spend a lazy Sunday afternoon smoking a few joints while watching golf on television. Two weeks later you get in a car accident. Although you weren't at fault, you test positive for the weed you smoked that Sunday afternoon and suddenly IT IS all your fault.
Isn't that how they put that LV stripper away for hitting and killing some people on road clean up crew?Quote: GialmereYeah, it'll obviously be a mess for quite a while, especially with it still illegal at the federal level. My question has been level of intoxication. Suppose you spend a lazy Sunday afternoon smoking a few joints while watching golf on television. Two weeks later you get in a car accident. Although you weren't at fault, you test positive for the weed you smoked that Sunday afternoon and suddenly IT IS all your fault.
Judges and juries stiil are often biased.
Quote: GialmereYeah, it'll obviously be a mess for quite a while, especially with it still illegal at the federal level. My question has been level of intoxication. Suppose you spend a lazy Sunday afternoon smoking a few joints while watching golf on television. Two weeks later you get in a car accident. Although you weren't at fault, you test positive for the weed you smoked that Sunday afternoon and suddenly IT IS all your fault.
I believe there are blood tests that can do a better job of detecting *current* intoxication and not just use in the past weeks. I'm not an expert on this, but the issue was brought up during both legalization campaigns that I have lived through (WA and MA). The anti-pot folks would always say "there's no test! No way to screen for it on the side of the rode like a breathalyzer!" The pro-pot side would say there are tests that work. Then they would just argue about the science. Shrug, I'm not sure which side is right.
In any case, behavioral sobriety tests should be able to get us part of the way there.
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/04/634992695/the-pot-breathalyzer-is-here-maybe
http://www.cannabixtechnologies.com/thc-breathalyzer.html
I believe these are 2 different companies, and I've also read articles on others that are researching them as well.
Quote: AcesAndEightsIn any case, behavioral sobriety tests should be able to get us part of the way there.
Slippery slope there. Many departments attempt to use "trained" officers to determine a motorists impairment but those "seminar graduates" are no better than a coin toss when it comes to pot or OTC meds.
A WOV review would be great.
