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posted by CoolHand on Thursday July 13 2017, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the backup-jar dept.

For some reason the state of Nevada underestimated the demand that would be generated by recreationally legal weed. Alcohol distributors appear to be at fault rather than it being an issue of cultivator supply. There are hundreds of growers with crops ready to go but due to an agreement with the state's alcohol distributors, for the first 18 months of legalization only they are allowed to transport weed from cultivation centers to stores. Since the law went into effect on July 1st the state has only received about half a dozen applications for a transport license.

Nevada officials have declared a state of emergency over marijuana: There's not enough of it.

Since recreational pot became legal two weeks ago, retail dispensaries have struggled to keep their shelves stocked and say they will soon run out if nothing is done to fix a broken supply chain.

"We didn't know the demand would be this intense," Al Fasano, cofounder of Las Vegas ReLeaf, said Tuesday. "All of a sudden you have like a thousand people at the door....We have to tell people we're limited in our products."

In declaring a state of emergency late last week, the state Department of Taxation warned that "this nascent industry could grind to a halt."

As bad as that would be for marijuana consumers and the pot shops, the state has another concern: tax revenue. A 10% tax on sales of recreational pot — along with a 15% tax on growers — is expected to generate tens of millions of dollars a year for schools and the state's general fund reserves.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 14 2017, @12:04AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 14 2017, @12:04AM (#538904) Journal

    The most likely way to die from a pot overdose, is to be standing next to a fork lift driven by some fool high on pot, and a bale of Mary Jane falls off the forklift, crushing you to death. That might be considered an "overdose". FFS, people have been smoking this stuff for forever, and no one has been able to document a case of someone dying of cannabis overdose. If it were happening, the DEA would trot the story out as part of their propaganda effort.

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