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The Hangover Effect

Published August 15, 2011 at 5:00 AM PDT

It was funny in the movie but it seems lots of tourists are trying to live out the experience of very drunken debauchery along Las Vegas Boulevard. Increased violence and numerous reports of unauthorized vendors and performers have complicated the situation for Metro and Clark County officials. Now they are looking for answers. Bans and tougher policing aren't the answer but what is?

 

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Steve Sisolak, Clark County Commissioner

Allen Lichtenstein, American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada

George Knapp, KLAS Channel 8 I-Team

Links

  • CityLife: The Onslaught of Assholes
  • Las Vegas Sun: County hopes to curb "disorder" on the Strip

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