Pubdate: Thu, 13 Mar 2014
Source: Reno News & Review (NV)
Copyright: 2014, Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.newsreview.com/issues/reno/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2524
Author: Dennis Myers

BOULDER CITY OPTS OUT

On a unanimous vote, the Boulder City Council banned medical marijuana
dispensaries from its territory, choosing for the town's 30 patients
with marijuana cards to rely on dispensaries in Henderson or in Clark
County territory. BC councilmembers told residents the town,
population 15,000, is not set up to handle such an operation. They did
not specify what would be burdensome about it, though audience members
raised speculative issues. There are already at least five pharmacies
in the town.

Boulder City is a former company town, a federal reservation for
Hoover Dam workers. In its early days, gambling and liquor were
banned, and these practices bled over into self-government after the
dam was finished. Liquor did not become legal until 1969. Gambling is
still illegal there, though it is available outside city limits.

Meanwhile, the marijuana effort spreads outside Nevada. Seventeen
state legislatures are considering outright legalization and
regulation, in addition to Colorado and Washington, which already have
it. Twelve states are considering decriminalizing, and D.C. has just
eliminated jail time for use. That's in addition to the 16
states-Nevada among them-that have decriminalized it in various ways.
Another 14 states are considering enacting medical marijuana laws.
Twenty already have, counting Nevada's halting, 13-year efforts. 
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