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Proposed Nevada bill could remove marijuana’s status as a ‘controlled substance’

February 14, 2023

By Jaclyn Schultz, FOX5. 

By Jaclyn Schultz, FOX5.

This piece was originally published by FOX5 Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) - A forthcoming bill in the Nevada legislature could remove marijuana’s status as a “controlled substance” and remove authority from the Nevada Board of Pharmacy.

The bill would streamline state control of marijuana to a sole agency: the Cannabis Compliance Board, according to Assemblyman Reuben D’Silva.

“We don’t need to have several levels of regulation on a substance now, that we know is part and parcel of our community, and part and parcel of our of our economy,” D’Silva said. “In the end, this is a burdensome regulation, and that we need to remove the Nevada Board of Pharmacy statutorily now from having oversight over cannabis products and cannabis derivatives,” he said.

View the full story at FOX5 Las Vegas.

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