Nevada Cannabis Ruling May Delay July 1 Start Date

Recreational cannabis sales in Nevada may have to wait, after all.

On Tuesday, First Judicial District Judge James Wilson in the Silver State’s capital Carson City granted a preliminary injunction requested by liquor distributors, all but assuring that Nevada’s new adult-use cannabis program won’t be ready to begin “early start” sales on July 1. 

“The plaintiff’s members will very likely be shut out of the marijuana distribution business entirely if the Department issues distribution license to non-alcohol distributors,” Wilson wrote in the 11-page ruling, which followed an eight-hour hearing on Monday during which representatives from the Independent Alcohol Distributors of Nevada (IADON) and the state tax department gave testimony.

Read More at Leafly.com