Clark County commissioners deliberated more than 90 minutes before delaying a decision on whether to allow local standalone recreational marijuana stores.
The discussion was prompted because next year the Nevada Department of Taxation may permit medical stores to open standalone recreational marijuana facilities. Beginning in November 2018 the state can issue recreational marijuana licenses to businesses that have not been previously licensed in Nevada.
County business licensing director Jacqueline Holloway estimated the state could allocate 10 recreational-only licenses to the unincorporated county.
But whether any such stores will open hinges on county law. Commissioner Susan Brager said Tuesday that marijuana companies should not be solely recreational.
“I think you need to have a medical component, and I’m not going to change my mind,” Brager said.
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