CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) —A battle over Nevada's pot supply is raging before state regulators who decided earlier this month there aren't enough alcohol suppliers to meet delivery demands for the state's newly legalized recreational marijuana industry.
The state Tax Commission is hearing an administrative appeal Tuesday by alcohol wholesalers who argue the law that legalized marijuana last November gave their industry exclusive rights to distribute pot from growers to storefronts until next year.
A lawyer for the alcohol group told the commission that marijuana retailers are boycotting existing liquor distributors to exaggerate bottlenecks in a bid to become their own middlemen to get products from cultivators to storefronts.
Attorney Kevin Benson says that creates a false appearance that there aren't enough distributors to meet market demand.
Lawyers for marijuana businesses are also set to make presentations.