Cannabis regulators have approved draft regulations that open the door to legal marijuana use at events and in commercial venues across the state, and are hoping to hear from “as many people as possible” before a final vote.
The on-site or “social consumption” regulations allow adults to purchase a marijuana product and use it in the same location, much like purchasing alcohol at a bar or a cigar at a cigar bar.
Allowing on-site consumption would provide legal locations for marijuana consumption to tourists staying in hotels and renters who are prohibited from smoking in their apartments. Officials have also said the sites could give parents a place to smoke or consume marijuana without ever bringing it around their children…