nevada

Tourism officials in Nevada are exploring how legal cannabis could attract visitors to the Silver State. In an email, the Nevada Division of Tourism said the topic of cannabis is set to be included in its upcoming marketing research. Nevada recently became the fifth state to permit...

The marijuana is flowing again in Nevada. A surge in demand for cannabis, newly legalized in the state, has emptied shelves and caught the industry off guard, spurring state officials into action. Nevada's Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, endorsed emergency measures late last week...

Following an overwhelming demand for recreational marijuana, Nevada regulators are set to vote Thursday on emergency rules that would expedite licensing for pot distributors. Dozens of retailers started selling recreational marijuana on July 1 but a unique state law could quickly lead to...

Sales of recreational marijuana have blown past expectations in Nevada, threatening to leave some dispensaries with empty shelves. After Gov. Brian Sandoval endorsed a statement of emergency in the first week of legal sales, regulators are looking to bolster the supply chain. The Nevada Tax...

Dispensaries in Nevada are facing a pot shortage and lost sales could result in less funding for the state’s schoolchildren. Recreational pot is taxed at 33% to 38%, depending on local regulations. A 10% sales tax goes to the Nevada's rainy day fund, but a 15% cultivation tax on cannabis sales...

Freedom Leaf, Inc., The Marijuana Legalization Company, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to purchase CO2 Supercritical Extraction equipment for legal hemp CBD extraction from NuAxonTech, the producer of world class, large capacity Co2 Supercritical Extraction equipment. Clifford J...

Less than two weeks after sales of recreational marijuana kicked off in Nevada, stores are running out of pot to sell, according to the state Department of Taxation. On July 7, Governor Brian Sandoval endorsed the department's call for a "statement of emergency," which would allow more...

Governor Sandoval has endorsed the Nevada Department of Taxation's Statement of Emergency for an emergency marijuana regulation that will be considered for adoption by the Nevada Tax Commission on July 13, according to a press release released Friday by the Department of Taxation. This...

At first glance, it's hard to decide who's wearing the better outfit: the mustachioed man with the bud-leaf button-up and rhinestone ball cap, or the ponytail guy with the tie-dye shirt featuring a Rastafarian Cookie Monster, who looks a lot like regular Cookie Monster, but with dreadlocks and a...

Nevada dispensaries are selling marijuana at such a fast rate since opening their doors July 1, the state is reporting a weed shortage that could threaten jobs in the burgeoning industry. The Nevada Department of Taxation announced Friday that less than a week into the first legal sales in...

Sin City's latest vice is fast turning into a crowd favorite statewide. Legal recreational marijuana sales in Nevada generated $3 million in sales revenue and roughly $500,000 in tax revenue in their first four days, according to the Nevada Dispensary Association. That puts the state on track...

On July 1, Shango Premium in Las Vegas opened its doors for recreational customer sales one minute after midnight. The+Source dispensary welcomed State Senator Tick Segerblom to make the store's first purchase, a pre-rolled joint of his namesake strain, Segerblom Haze. Nevada’s cannabis market...

Fireworks, long lines and even a wedding marked the start of recreational marijuana sales in Nevada. At midnight Saturday, legal pot went on sale -- making Nevada the eighth state to allow the purchase of marijuana in dispensaries. Nevada's law lets adults 21 and older to possess up to an...

Nevada has become the fifth state in the U.S. with stores selling marijuana for recreational purposes. People began buying pot early Saturday, just months after voters approved legalization in November. It's the fastest turnaround from the ballot box to retail sales in the nation. Those 21...

A sense of jubilee was in the air midnight Saturday at Nevada marijuana dispensaries, and so too was the occasional whiff of the state's newest cash crop. Hundreds of Nevadans stood in line, waiting for the doors to open to two marijuana dispensaries in Reno -- Blüm and Sierra Wellness...

At the stroke of midnight, Nevada will become the fifth state in the country to allow customers to purchase marijuana for recreational use. About 40 dispensaries that currently sell medical marijuana have received permission to sell pot to adults over the age of 21 beginning Saturday, and a...

Nevada can finally take back its reputation of most sinful state from Colorado when adult use marijuana sales will be legal as of July 1. Sales will begin at midnight on Friday. Adults over the age of 21 with legal identification will be allowed to purchase up to one ounce of marijuana or...

Marijuana sales in Nevada's newly minted legal recreational market will begin on Saturday. Starting at 12:01 a.m. July 1, adults age 21 and older will be able to buy up to an ounce of marijuana, or one-eighth of an ounce in marijuana-infused edibles and concentrates. Retail sales will be...

Sales of recreational marijuana kick off in Nevada on Saturday, July 1, and the state is expecting on onslaught of tourists coming to sample the local merchandise. But visitors might have tough times finding the drug in stores. Anyone who is 21 and over with a valid ID can buy up to an...

With recreational marijuana sales beginning in Nevada on July 1, many people from surrounding states like Utah, California, Arizona and Idaho are expected to make a run for the border. As FOX 13 reported back in May, the Utah-Nevada border towns of West Wendover and Mesquite are both...