{"id":7781,"date":"2017-10-09T19:49:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=2815424&amp;preview_id=2815424"},"modified":"2017-10-09T19:49:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:49:06","slug":"nevada-regulators-seek-state-ags-opinion-on-social-marijuana-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/nevada-regulators-seek-state-ags-opinion-on-social-marijuana-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada regulators seek state AG\u2019s opinion on social marijuana use"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/nevada-regulators-seek-state-ags-opinion-on-social-marijuana-use\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta-date\">Published: Oct 9, 2017, 8:10 am \u2022 Updated: Oct 9, 2017, 8:10 am<span class=\"single-comments-link\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <span class=\"author\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/author\/ap\/\" rel=\"author\">The Associated Press<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CARSON CITY, Nev. \u2014 Nevada\u2019s marijuana regulators have asked Attorney General Adam Laxalt for a formal opinion on whether state law allows pot use at special events and in smoking lounges.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ybaf4t64\">Nevada Appeal reports<\/a> the state Department of Taxation made the request in the wake of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/09\/13\/nevada-marijuana-social-use-public\/87990\/\">Legislative Counsel\u2019s opinion<\/a> the voter-approved law allowing recreational marijuana use doesn\u2019t specifically prohibit marijuana consumption and possession in places where the public isn\u2019t allowed and where entry is restricted to people 21 and over.<\/p>\n<p>The legislative panel\u2019s opinion also stated local governments have the authority to license such businesses and consumption lounges, or the use of marijuana at special events just as those governments license other businesses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/09\/13\/nevada-marijuana-social-use-consumption-gov-brian-sandoval\/88037\/\">Gov. Brian Sandoval noted when that opinion was issued last month<\/a> it doesn\u2019t legally carry the weight of an official opinion from the attorney general.<\/p>\n<p><em>Information from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadaappeal.com\">Nevada Appeal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>Nevada&#8217;s marijuana regulators have asked the state Attorney General for a formal opinion on whether pot use at special events and in smoking lounges is legal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6813,77,5667,9,6833,5437,5019,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[6818,2655,5673,6835,5444,5022],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}