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A July 2011 Public Policy Polling survey found that 56% of Nevada voters thought that prostitution should be legal, while only 32% thought it should be illegal and 12% were not sure. [ 89 ] A June 2012 Public Policy Polling survey found that 64% of Nevada voters thought that brothels should be legal in the state, while only 23% thought they ...
A ballot measure to legalize cannabis for medical use, the Nevada Medical Marijuana Act, passed with 59% of the vote in 1998. [2] It passed for a second time in 2000 with 65% of the vote. [3] The initiative was required to pass in two consecutive elections because it sought to amend the state constitution. [4]
Prostitution is illegal in the vast majority of the United States as a result of state laws rather than federal laws. It is, however, legal in some rural counties within the state of Nevada . Additionally, it is decriminalized to sell sex in the state of Maine , but illegal to buy sex.
Nevada also passes a medical cannabis initiative, but it requires second approval in 2000 to become law, as per the state constitution. [32] 1999: Maine legalizes medical cannabis through ballot measure. [31] 2000: Hawaii becomes the first state to legalize medical cannabis through state legislature. [33]
Nevada is the only state in the United States in which prostitution is legal, although only in 10 rural counties and only in licensed houses. There was no state law on prostitution in Nevada until 1971, when a section of the Nevada Revised Statutes effectively legalized prostitution in counties with a population of under 400,000. [80]
In November 2016, the number of legal states doubled as four more states passed ballot measures to legalize cannabis: California, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Maine. [181] This included the nation's most populous state (California), while Massachusetts and Maine became the first eastern states to legalize.
Nevadans do not want to see Las Vegas borrow a page from Amsterdam and legalize hookers, pot and hashish, according to a new poll.
As of September 2023, there are only 19 legal brothels open in Nevada in just 6 of the state's 17 counties. [3] While prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada, it is illegal outside these licensed brothels. Prostitution is illegal under state law in Clark County, which contains Las Vegas and its metropolitan area. Other counties may choose to ...