Las Vegas Adult Entertainment: Vegas Voters Reject Hash Bars, Hookers, Poll Says
August 30, 2010 by newsdoggiestyle
An 8 News Now/Las Vegas Review-Journal poll has found little support for legalizing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes or prostitution. Only 30% of respondents supported retail marijuana sales and only 19% supported legalizing prostitution.
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The poll was conducted last week by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research. The group surveyed 405 registered Clark County voters and had a margin of error of +/- 5%. Setting up cannabis cafes would work against efforts to craft a more mainstream, family-friendly image for the long-time gambling destination, Mason-Dixon pollster Brad Coker told the Review-Journal. And hookers and hash bars may be too much even for the famously live-and-let-live city, he added. Things are maybe a little desperate in Clark County these days, but I don’t think they’re quite that desperate yet,” Coker said. “These kinds of issues push the limits of even a libertarian community. You could go to some very liberal communities, and the idea of legalizing prostitution would probably raise a few eyebrows.” The Marijuana Policy Project had spent nearly a decade attempting …