Nevada Judge Grants Liquor Wholesalers Exclusive Rights To Pot Distribution
Nevada state Sen. Don Gustavson, R-Sparks, smells a sample of marijuana as Christopher Price, a ”budtender” at the Blum medical marijuana dispensary in Reno, Nev. March 24, 2017. (AP/Scott Sonner)
CARSON CITY, Nev. — A state judge has ruled that liquor wholesalers have the exclusive right to be distributors for the first 18 months of Nevada’s new recreational-marijuana industry, with sales set to begin July 1 under a stepped-up program.
