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A cannabis dispensary might seem like an unlikely place to play mahjong, the Chinese tile game typically associated with older Asian and Jewish adults, but that’s where Leah Flacco showed up on a recent Wednesday evening in Manhattan.
Las Vegas becoming the Amsterdam in the desert for cannabis tourism any time soon is still the stuff of dreams. The first state-regulated cannabis consumption lounge to open, Thrive Cannabis Marketplace's Smoke and Mirrors, closed in April after just a little more than a year in operation.
Tourism on The Strip is down this year, but weed isn't the salvation. Here's why allowing consumption lounges and other 420-friendly activities in the top casinos would put them at risk to lose everything.
Would the sting of losing a wallet’s worth of cash burn less or more if you were baked? A recent poll from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s Cannabis Policy Institute asked questions about cannabis and the gaming industry. The institute conducted interviews with 620 adults across the country, not just in Vegas. And people want to see cannabis on casino floors.
A large Las Vegas drug bust only gives a small window into the scope of the massive illegal market across Nevada, according to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Cannabis Policy Institute.
About seven in ten American adults say they’re in favor of having designated marijuana consumption areas at casinos and resorts—and two in five would be more inclined to visit casinos if cannabis use was allowed, according to a new survey. The poll from the University of Nevada Las Vegas’s Cannabis Policy Institute (CPI) asked a wide range of questions to gauge public opinion on the relationship between the cannabis and gaming industries. The results are meant to inform a report to state lawmakers that’s due next year.