LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — Years after cannabis consumption lounges were legalized in Nevada, only one operates regularly for public use statewide.

The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board tells FOX5, they have issued 28 conditional licenses to prospective operators.

Barriers to opening

Christopher LaPorte, a consultant working with a client seeking to open a cannabis business in Las Vegas’ Arts District, said three major hurdles prevent businesses from opening.

“The first one is perception. Like, what people think these lounges are supposed to be,” LaPorte said.

He said lounges will offer more than smoking spaces and will be designed as destinations.

“It’s going to be a restaurant. It’s going to be a movie theater. There’s going to be anything where you’re just replacing alcohol with cannab

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