Las Vegas City Life
Thursday, April 2, 2009
It's not exactly like debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but debating how many marijuana plants a person in Nevada can grow is about as pointless. Yet, thanks to a bill introduced by freshman state Sen. Allison Copening, that's precisely what lawmakers in Carson City are doing.
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Adam Bryant
February 18, 2009
KTNV ABC 5 (Las Vegas, NV)
Michael Phelps lost a big endorsement deal and suffered a three-month suspension from competition because of a photo of him smoking a bong — but the 14-time Olympic gold medalist won't face any drug charges.
A South Carolina sheriff said Monday there wasn't enough physical evidence to bring charges against Phelps, according to The Associated Press. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said holding a bong is not a crime, and Phelps never admitted using it.
Dennis Myers
January 22, 2009
Reno News & Review (NV)
The Drug Enforcement Administration has vetoed a decision by Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner, stopping a University of Massachusetts Amherst medical marijuana research project. The Medical Marijuana Project, a drug war reform group, said the research was "vital if marijuana is ever to be an FDA-approved medicine."
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Jared Harmon
December 23, 2008
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
The random drug-testing program at Green Valley High has seen a drop in the number of students found with drugs in their system in the year since its inception last winter.
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Oskar Garcia
September 30, 2008
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — A federal judge on Monday threw out Nevada's initiative-petition requirements that attempted to compensate for different population sizes in urban and rural counties.
U.S. District Court Judge Philip Pro in Las Vegas said the rules are unconstitutional and ordered Secretary of State Ross Miller not to enforce them.
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