Do you think that now that weed is legal in Vegas it will effect tourism in Jamaica? Like bachelor parties from the Midwest or weddings who went to Jamaica for the weed ? I do.
Do you think that now that weed is legal in Vegas it will effect tourism in Jamaica? Like bachelor parties from the Midwest or weddings who went to Jamaica for the weed ? I do.
Hmmm,
Folks already fire it up when they want.
Nope, I don't think it will keep folks from wanting
the Irie feeling of Jamaica land, being on the Island is a high in itself.
Can't get that in Vegas.
Just my 2 cents.
But what if the young groups from Iowa in the wedding party were going to Ja for the weed,a long flight? But now can just go to Vegas ?
I certainly do not think that many travel to Jamaica just for the herb. Although not legal in many states, it has always been readily available in the US if you are looking for it.
Not a day goes by that I don't see and smell someone smoking on the streets of midtown Manhattan. Granted they must be a little more descrete, but it's no big deal. The same applies all over the country, including the mid west. I go to JA for the beach and sea (and I live on Long Island), the food, beauty, the vibe, and especially the culture and PEOPLE!!! Ganja is, and has always been, decriminalized or not, a perk of JA. Vegas and JA are two totally different places, and people aren't going to go to either for ganja alone.
Ganja is legal to buy in Vegas, but it is only legal to be smoked in a private residence.
You cannot light up anywhere and tourists to Vegas do not have access to a private residence. The second the residence is rented, it is no longer, under Vegas law, considered a private residence.
Just because you can buy it in Vegas, doesn't mean you can use it in Vegas...
Come to Jamaica and feel alright!
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I'm just sayin is that one of the reason I go to Negril is because I know I can get weed.I like my weed. I never carry on planes and have had some hairy situations in other islands trying to buy. Negril is nothing like Vegas but now I know I can go on my vacations there and have access.
Rob,I am sure many hotels in Vegas turn a blind eye to the weed smell in the rooms?
Actually it is the opposite. From the Los Angeles Times:Originally Posted by Whynot
“Marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home, your own domain,” said Officer Jay Rivera, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. “You cannot smoke it publicly.
“As far as I know, there’s no hotel property that allows it either on the Strip or Fremont Street,” he added. “They do not want it on their property.”
Rivera’s assessment is supported by the two biggest players along the Strip, Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts.
In a statement, Caesars said: "Marijuana use remains illegal under federal law, and the Nevada referendum and state law will specifically prohibit its use in public places. For these reasons, the consumption of marijuana will continue to be impermissible at all Caesars Entertainment properties in Nevada.”
Gordon Absher, a senior executive at MGM Resorts, was even more blunt.
“Use of marijuana remains prohibited at our properties notwithstanding approval of recreational use in Nevada,” he said in an email.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/...616-story.html
The main reason is that any place that makes money from gambling, which is a very highly government regulated industry cannot afford to go against federal law, regardless of the Nevada state law. To risk losing their gaming license so that a guest can light up in their room is just not worth it for the casino hotels. I am sure there are "off the Strip" hotels that will turn a blind eye, but these are not the kind of hotels that most tourists have in mind for a Vegas vacation, and certainly not for a wedding party.
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I ,myself am not such a proponent to "follow laws" I also think that Jamaica is born from the lawless pirates and Vegas is ,ya know "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" I also think most Negril folks are not that law abiding? Do you agree?
Whynot,
You can do whatever you want. But you also have to be willing to face the consequences of your actions.
Living here, I can assure you that most of the over 6000 residents are as law abiding as they can be. In fact, that is why any community works, because most people are as law abiding as possible.
But life in Negril is about as different from life in Las Vegas as I can imagine. Vegas has 100 times the population of Negril.
Trying to compare a developing island country's small tourist destination to the "dolphins in the desert" mega resort city of Las Vegas is counter productive. Negril was having it's very first tourists when the famous Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign was being erected. Vegas already had tourism history.
But in Negril, you can light up most places where smoking cigarettes is not banned and the worst you can get is a j$500 ticket. No police record. It is not the same for Vegas.
Vegas and the ganja laws are more "what you buy in Vegas, you can't use in Vegas". If you do and get caught, you will end up with a police record. And be us$600 in the hole.
Hear or read it from the dispensary operators in Vegas. From July 31st, an NPR interview, "Tourists Buying Marijuana In Las Vegas Have Nowhere To Smoke It In Las Vegas"
http://www.npr.org/2017/07/31/540652...t-in-las-vegas
Why not come to Negril for no problems...
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