Marijuana dispensary opens in Nevada-Utah border city

FILE - In this July 7, 2006 file photo cars drive past the Wendover Will welcome sign in Wendover, Nev. The first recreational marijuana dispensary opened Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, in West Wendover, in the northeastern Nevada border city known for its casinos, but Utah residents considering making the 90-minute drive to West Wendover will have to be careful about where they use the pot if they go. Nevada state laws prohibit using marijuana in public places or hotel rooms, and U.S. laws prohibit people from taking it across state lines to Utah, where only medical marijuana is legal. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)

WEST WENDOVER, Nevada (AP) – The first marijuana dispensary opened Monday in a northeastern Nevada border city known for its casinos to become closest spot for northern Utah residents who want to buy pot. But those people who make the 90-minute drive to West Wendover will have to be careful because Nevada laws prohibit using marijuana in public places or hotel rooms, and U.S. laws prohibit taking it across state lines.

Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Nick Street says they won’t have extra patrols and will respect people with a doctor’s note allowing them to use medical marijuana in Utah. But, he says they are worried about more impaired drivers.

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