No gambling if you are too stoned. Thanks to new regulations passed by the state’s Gaming Commission, tourists overindulging in Nevada’s legal recreational reefer may find themselves getting kicked out of local casinos. Casinos must prevent customers who are visibily impaired from marijuana or other drugs, from continuing to gamble.
The Commission voted to clarify the rules and explain that casinos are not allowed to let visibly impaired people gamble. That includes customers who are under the influence of alcohol, marijuana or other substances.
Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman Tony Alamo says the legislation is not new. He says it just makes the rules more clear and clarifies “persons who are visibly intoxicated” to include anyone who is visibly impaired by cannabis or other drugs – not just alcohol. . And although the change comes a year after Nevada legalized recreational marijuana, Alamo says that did not have an impact on the vote. He says it a response to changing times.