Marijuana operators and consumers anticipating consumption lounges opening this summer in Las Vegas will probably have to wait.
Administrative setbacks, tight funding and changing regulations governing smoke ventilation have likely delayed the launch of dozens of lounges for months, with the real possibility that only a few might open by year-end, industry experts told MJBizDaily.
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The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB), the state’s chief marijuana regulator, could address the regulatory issues at a June 20 meeting.
Industry executives have raised concerns about the state’s consumption-lounge regulations, particularly those covering indoor air quality and the related, astronomic costs of installing and maintaining air-ventilation systems.
Those expenditures – which can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars – would render consumption areas economically unfeasible for most operators and a near impossibility for social equity licensees, according to cannabis insiders.
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