Medical Marijuana: Las Vegas Considers Changes

With the operators of the city's dozen medical marijuana dispensaries saying they are losing business to competitors in Clark County, the Las Vegas City Council is looking to make some changes.

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The council on Monday heard a series of proposals to regulations that would give the shops a stronger position.

The changes include:

• Allowing dispensaries to have an employee designated to oversee operations be on call as opposed to being onsite;
• Allowing shops to sell until 3 a.m. as opposed to the current cut-off of midnight;
• Allowing more items to be sold;
• Changing the annual $75,000 fee to a one-time $75,000 fee when they first go into business;
• Loosening disposal requirements.

The city is making adjustments to the medical marijuana regulations against the backdrop of waiting for the state to determine the rules to govern recreational marijuana, which was approved by voters last November and went into effect in January.

The council could vote on the changes as early as May 17.

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