{"id":5157,"date":"2018-04-25T21:30:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T21:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2018-04-26T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T17:04:48","slug":"nevada-casinos-adopt-new-regulations-about-drug-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/nevada-casinos-adopt-new-regulations-about-drug-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Casinos Adopt New Regulations About Drug Use"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nevada casinos are going to have to start treating players impaired by drugs<\/strong> the same way they do those intoxicated by alcohol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That means casinos who allow players visibly impaired by drugs to continue to gamble or serve them complimentary alcoholic beverages, could face heavy fines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The changes come after the five-member Nevada Gaming Commission<\/strong>\u00a0(NGC) officially amended its policy and regulations regarding intoxicated players earlier this month. Now, casinos will be subject to the same disciplinary standards<\/strong> for allowing players impaired by drugs to gamble as they are for allowing players intoxicated by alcohol to do the same.<\/p>\n

A changing society<\/span><\/h2>\n

Commission Chairman Tony Alamo<\/strong> told the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/strong><\/a> newspaper societal changes made the amendment necessary:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always want to protect a patron, and we always thought about intoxication being from alcohol. Now people can become incapacitated from drugs and alcohol. So you see we have to change even subtle things like that because of changes in society.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the state recently legalized recreational marijuana sales<\/strong>, partly spurring on the policy changes. However, the changes address more than just impairment by marijuana, but both legal and illegal drugs as well.<\/p>\n

Legal recreational marijuana sales began in Nevada on July 1, 2017. Gaming regulators have been debating how to deal with the local marijuana business and its customers ever since.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Play Online Poker With A Free Bonus From WSOP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n