Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved regulations for cannabis consumption lounges expected to begin opening as early as 2023.

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Commissioners voted to establish business license requirements and rules for the establishments. Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick was the lone dissenting vote.

About half of the 40 applicants granted provisional licenses by the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board chose unincorporated Clark County to open the lounges, which could resemble taverns with no alcohol services. Another 15 licenses went to applicants in the city of Las Vegas, which has not voted on its own rules and regulations.

The establishments will allow the legal public consumption of the drug since voters legalized its recreational use in 2016.