Business View Magazine | January 2020

200 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 AT A GLANCE NEVADA DISPENSARY ASSOCIATION WHAT: Dedicated to promoting and supporting best practices among Nevada cannabis dispensaries WHERE: Las Vegas, Nevada WEBSITE: www.nvdispense.com NEVADA Dispensary Association By: Riana Durrett, Esq. Nevada Dispensary Association, Executive Director T he history of cannabis legalization in Nevada has unfolded over more than two decades. While medical cannabis was legalized in Nevada in October 2001, it took the dedication of a number of legislators, stakeholders, and entrepreneurs more than a decade seeking to decriminalize, develop, and regulate the industry to create a mechanism for legal sales in the state. In 2014, legislation sponsored by Senator Tick Segerblom was signed into law, allowing for a limited number of dispensary, production, cultivation, and laboratory establishments to begin operation in Nevada. In response to this legislation, Nevada Dispensary Association formed and currently represents the majority of dispensaries in the state, setting out with a mission to develop and promote best practices among Nevada dispensaries, as well as supporting the efforts of cannabis establishments to provide high quality, safe cannabis to Nevada’s consumers. The NDA’s board is comprised of respected industry leaders and owners of cannabis establishments in Nevada, including: President Tisha Black, Esq.; NDA Secretary and Inyo Fine Cannabis owner, David Goldwater; Treasurer GROWING THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN NEVADA