Vegas city officials approve marijuana consumption lounges

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Vegas city officials approve marijuana consumption lounges
Ken Ritter, Associated Press Updated 7:44 pm CDT, Wednesday, May 1, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Legal marijuana smokers will soon be able to find lounges where they can light up in Las Vegas — but not in casinos, not in places serving alcohol, and not on the resort-lined Las Vegas Strip.

The City Council on Wednesday approved what proponents dubbed "social use venues" in the downtown and urban core of Nevada's sprawling casino playground.

The move answers a conundrum faced by adult tourists who have been able since July 2017 to buy marijuana for recreational use, but not consume it in public, in casinos or in hotel rooms.

It adds Las Vegas to a list of U.S. cities allowing pot lounges — currently headed by San Francisco but also other California towns, places in Alaska, and Denver. Colorado state clean air rules mean the Mile High City's two bring-your-own lounges don't allow pot smoking, but they do allow vaping.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Vegas-city-officials-approve-marijuana-13811828.php

[keithbvadu2]

1. Oh, No! Opium dens.

Oh, No! Opium dens.

Sarcasm?

[Baclava]

2. Medical marijuana vape pens have no smoke, you can walk down the street and no one will know lol

Vapers vote too!

[obamanut2012]

3. We don't have edibles in FL, so I bought some on my last Vegas trip

Vert strawberry shortcake, and also some chocolate-covered espresso beans. I would eat them in my room or by the pool, but they busted a couple folks for being dumb enough to smoke prerolls in their room. They kicked them out of the strip hotel I was staying in.