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Article: Nevada's permissive culture aids marijuana-legalization proposal.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2002
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Byline: V. Dion Haynes
LAS VEGAS _ Nevada established its renegade reputation in the 1920s when local leaders thumbed their noses at the federal ban on alcohol, with one mayor openly threatening to put "a barrel of whiskey with a dipper" on every street corner.
The state, long a haven for prostitution, then legalized the sex trade in 13 of its 17 counties. And, at a time when the rest of America considered gambling taboo and confined it largely to illegal backroom parlors, Nevada enshrined it in gaudy casinos. Now the state regarded by many as the sin capital of America is again pioneering a new frontier: the legalization of recreational pot smoking.
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