Nevada

Nevada Program Overview (April 27, 2022)

Programs

Program Overview & Statistics (April 2022)

Total medical and recreational operational licenses / certificates statewide: 758
Number of entities statewide: 216
Statistics and Analysis

Dispensaries / Retail Stores (April 2022)

64 Co-Located
2 Stand-Alone Medical
28 Stand-Alone Retail
Total: 94

Certified Medical Cannabis Establishments (April 2022)

157 Cultivation Facilities
111 Production Facilities
10 Independent Testing Laboratories
66 Medical Cannabis Dispensaries

Licensed Recreational Cannabis Establishments (April 2022)

153 Cultivation Facilities
109 Production Facilities
10 Independent Testing Laboratories
50 Distributors
92 Retail Cannabis Stores

DUAL Licensees / Medical and Recreational Establishments that are co-located in one location (April 2022)

152 Cultivation Facilities
111 Production Facilities
10 Independent Testing Laboratories
64 Med Dispensaries/Retail Cannabis Stores

Geography

North
- Oregon – Medical and Adult
- Idaho – NONE
  - There was a failed attempt to get marijuana legalization on the November 2020 ballot but the organizers failed to gather enough signatures
East
- Utah – Medical
- Arizona – Medical with Adult on the way
West
- California – Medical and Adult

Regulatory Agencies

Cannabis Compliance Board, State of Nevada
Medical was originally under the State of Nevada Department of Taxation, Marijuana Enforcement Division
There has been some suggestion that there were issues with the marijuana licensing application process:
- “The Department of Taxation, which previously regulated the cannabis industry, is being sued by a number of applicants who allege the license selection process was flawed, resulting in the state issuing 61 licenses to just 17 applicants in 2018, many of whom received multiple licenses while others received none.”

Tribal Compacts

Lovelock Paiute Compact
Ely Shoshone Compact
Yerington Paiute Compact
Las Vegas Paiute Compact
Pyramid Lake Paiute Compact
Ft. McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Compact
Walker River Paiute Compact
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Compact

Nevada Sales Data

Nevada Banking Stats & Guidance (April 27, 2022)

Financial Institutions

Banks: 51
Credit Unions: 10

Marijuana Banking Guidance

In February 2019, George Burns, the Commissioner for the Financial Institutions Division of the Department of Business & Industry presented to the a legislative advisory panel on the state of marijuana banking in Nevada but stopped short of making any concrete recommendations.
In 2019 the State Treasurer, Zach Conine, pushed for Nevada to establish their own closed-loop system to facilitate marijuana banking. Conine also described a system based on tokens that is often described as being like casino chips.
The Marijuana Banking Pilot Program was meant to be in operation by July, 2020.

Adult Program Details (April 27, 2022)

The maximum allowable quantity of adult use cannabis products a person may possess is:
- (a) One ounce (28.35 grams) of usable cannabis.
- (b) The equivalent to one-eighth ounce of concentrated cannabis, not to exceed 3,543 milligrams of THC;
- (c) 3,543 milligrams of THC contained within edible cannabis products; or
  - (d) A combination of usable and concentrated cannabis not to exceed the legal limit.

A cannabis sales facility shall not deliver more than 5 ounces (141.75 grams) of cannabis or an equivalent amount of cannabis products to any combination of consumers within a single trip.

Medical Program Details (April 27, 2022)

The maximum allowable quantity of medical cannabis products a holder of a valid registry identification card may possess is:
- (a) Two and one half ounces (70.875 grams) of usable cannabis.
- (b) 10,000 milligrams of THC concentrate;
- (c) 10,000 milligrams of THC contained within one or more edible cannabis products; or
- (d) A combination of usable and concentrated cannabis not to exceed the legal limit.
However, a dispensary may not “sell to a person, in any one transaction, more than 1 ounce of cannabis.” (NRS 678C.440)
Patients my grow 12 marijuana plants at home if they are over 21 years old and either live 25 or more miles away from the nearest medical dispensary or in a county with no dispensaries.
“The Board shall not adopt a regulation or in any other way require a medical cannabis dispensary to track the purchases of a person or determine whether the person has exceeded the legal limits on the possession of cannabis for medical purposes, as set forth in NRS 678C.200.”
Patients choose one medical dispensary to serve as their designated dispensary and may change this not more than once every thirty days.
The state recognizes medical marijuana credentials from several other states.
A medical cannabis sales facility shall not deliver more than 10 ounces (283.5 grams) of cannabis, edible cannabis products or cannabis-infused products, or any combination thereof when making a sales delivery exclusively to persons who hold a valid registry identification card or designated as a primary caregiver. “The maximum allowable quantity of medical cannabis products a holder of a valid registry identification card may possess is:
(a) Two and one half ounces (70.875 grams) of usable cannabis.
(b) 10,000 milligrams of THC concentrate;
(c) 10,000 milligrams of THC contained within one or more edible cannabis products; or
(d) A combination of usable and concentrated cannabis not to exceed the legal limit.
However, a dispensary may not “sell to a person, in any one transaction, more than 1 ounce of cannabis.” (NRS 678C.440)
Patients my grow 12 marijuana plants at home if they are over 21 years old and either live 25 or more miles away from the nearest medical dispensary or in a county with no dispensaries.
The Board shall not adopt a regulation or in any other way require a medical cannabis dispensary to track the purchases of a person or determine whether the person has exceeded the legal limits on the possession of cannabis for medical purposes, as set forth in NRS 678C.200.
Patients choose one medical dispensary to serve as their designated dispensary and may change this not more than once every thirty days.
The state recognizes medical marijuana credentials from several other states.
A medical cannabis sales facility shall not deliver more than 10 ounces (283.5 grams) of cannabis, edible cannabis products or cannabis-infused products, or any combination thereof when making a sales delivery exclusively to persons who hold a valid registry identification card or designated as a primary caregiver.
The maximum allowable quantity of medical cannabis products a holder of a valid registry identification card may possess is:
(a) Two and one half ounces (70.875 grams) of usable cannabis.
(b) 10,000 milligrams of THC concentrate;
(c) 10,000 milligrams of THC contained within one or more edible cannabis products; or
(d) A combination of usable and concentrated cannabis not to exceed the legal limit.
However, a dispensary may not “sell to a person, in any one transaction, more than 1 ounce of cannabis.” (NRS 678C.440)
Patients my grow 12 marijuana plants at home if they are over 21 years old and either live 25 or more miles away from the nearest medical dispensary or in a county with no dispensaries.
The Board shall not adopt a regulation or in any other way require a medical cannabis dispensary to track the purchases of a person or determine whether the person has exceeded the legal limits on the possession of cannabis for medical purposes, as set forth in NRS 678C.200.
Patients choose one medical dispensary to serve as their designated dispensary and may change this not more than once every thirty days.
The state recognizes medical marijuana credentials from several other states.
A medical cannabis sales facility shall not deliver more than 10 ounces (283.5 grams) of cannabis, edible cannabis products or cannabis-infused products, or any combination thereof when making a sales delivery exclusively to persons who hold a valid registry identification card or designated as a primary caregiver.
The maximum allowable quantity of medical cannabis products a holder of a valid registry identification card may possess is:
(a) Two and one half ounces (70.875 grams) of usable cannabis.
(b) 10,000 milligrams of THC concentrate;
(c) 10,000 milligrams of THC contained within one or more edible cannabis products; or
(d) A combination of usable and concentrated cannabis not to exceed the legal limit.
However, a dispensary may not “sell to a person, in any one transaction, more than 1 ounce of cannabis.” (NRS 678C.440)
Patients my grow 12 marijuana plants at home if they are over 21 years old and either live 25 or more miles away from the nearest medical dispensary or in a county with no dispensaries.
The Board shall not adopt a regulation or in any other way require a medical cannabis dispensary to track the purchases of a person or determine whether the person has exceeded the legal limits on the possession of cannabis for medical purposes, as set forth in NRS 678C.200.
Patients choose one medical dispensary to serve as their designated dispensary and may change this not more than once every thirty days.
The state recognizes medical marijuana credentials from several other states.
A medical cannabis sales facility shall not deliver more than 10 ounces (283.5 grams) of cannabis, edible cannabis products or cannabis-infused products, or any combination thereof when making a sales delivery exclusively to persons who hold a valid registry identification card or designated as a primary caregiver.
The maximum allowable quantity of medical cannabis products a holder of a valid registry identification card may possess is:
(a) Two and one half ounces (70.875 grams) of usable cannabis.
(b) 10,000 milligrams of THC concentrate;
(c) 10,000 milligrams of THC contained within one or more edible cannabis products; or
(d) A combination of usable and concentrated cannabis not to exceed the legal limit.
However, a dispensary may not “sell to a person, in any one transaction, more than 1 ounce of cannabis.” (NRS 678C.440)
Patients my grow 12 marijuana plants at home if they are over 21 years old and either live 25 or more miles away from the nearest medical dispensary or in a county with no dispensaries.
The Board shall not adopt a regulation or in any other way require a medical cannabis dispensary to track the purchases of a person or determine whether the person has exceeded the legal limits on the possession of cannabis for medical purposes, as set forth in NRS 678C.200.
Patients choose one medical dispensary to serve as their designated dispensary and may change this not more than once every thirty days.
The state recognizes medical marijuana credentials from several other states.
A medical cannabis sales facility shall not deliver more than 10 ounces (283.5 grams) of cannabis, edible cannabis products or cannabis-infused products, or any combination thereof when making a sales delivery exclusively to persons who hold a valid registry identification card or designated as a primary caregiver.

Nevada Cannabis Sales in Response to COVID-19 (March 18, 2020)

“Following recent guidance from Governor Steve Sisolak, licensed cannabis stores and medical dispensaries will remain open but must adhere to strict social distancing protocol during this time.”

https://tax.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/taxnvgov/Content/Home/Features/March18PRFINAL.pdf

Marijuana Enforcement Division/Cannabis Compliance Board Guidance for Curbside Pickup (April 29, 2020)

“Per Governor Steve Sisolak’s Declaration of Emergency Directive 016 issued on April 29, 2020, curbside pickup will now be allowed for medical dispensaries and retail marijuana stores beginning Friday, May 1, 2020.”

https://tax.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/taxnvgov/Content/Home/Features/Curbside%20Industry%20Guidance%20CCB.pdf

State of Nevada – Cannabis Compliance Board Media