Liquor distributors were met with bad news this week as the state of Nevada’s Tax Commission has once again said no to allowing them to distribute retail marijuana throughout the state.
The commission is upholding the state’s Tax Department’s determination that there are not enough
Tax commissioners voted to uphold a determination by the Nevada Tax Department that there are not enough licensed liquor distributors to properly serve the state’s recreational marijuana market.
Alcohol distributors’ attorneys have argued that the August 10th meeting where the department decided to license beyond alcohol distributors, did not give them proper due process to argue their case.
Kevin Benson, a lawyer for a group of alcohol distributors said, “There was no opportunity to question anything being presented in the meeting. There was no way to get to the bottom of any of those things.”
Nevada currently has six marijuana distributors that are licensed.
Alcohol distributors have appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court, asking the court to overturn a judge’s decision to not uphold an injunction that would have stopped the Tax Department from giving licenses to entities other than alcohol distributors. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the 6th of September.
