Nevada Officials Fast Track Plan to Regulate Recreational Marijuana

State officials plan to move quickly with a task force for regulating recreational marijuana, the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee heard Wednesday.

The first steps will be putting temporary regulations in place by July to allow medical marijuana establishments to sell recreational marijuana. By the end of the year, permanent regulations are to be in place.

In the world of state government, that is a fast-tracked process for completing regulations. It can take a year or so for that to happen.

“The idea is that we would get going pretty quickly,” said Deonne Contine, executive director of the Nevada Department of Taxation.

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