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NRS 453.096

“Marijuana” defined

Known as the Uniform Controlled Substances Act

The act spans §§ 453.005 to 453.730 (191 sections).

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Sheriff, Clark County v. Luqman (1985)

Most recently applied in United States v. Tyrone Davis (May 2022)

(Added to NRS by 1971, 2001; A 1975, 450; 2015, 1974, 3086; 2019, 2355, 2589; 2021, 3155; 2023, 2539, 2576)

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

1. “Marijuana” means:

(a) All parts of any plant of the genus Cannabis, whether growing or not;

(b) The resin extracted from any part of the plant, including concentrated cannabis;

(c) Every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant, or its resin;

(d) Any commodity or product made using hemp which exceeds the maximum THC concentration established by the State Department of Agriculture for hemp; and

(e) Any product or commodity made from hemp which is manufactured or sold by a cannabis establishment which violates any regulation adopted by the Cannabis Compliance Board pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 1 of NRS 678A.450 relating to THC concentration.

2. “Marijuana” does not include:

(a) Hemp, as defined in NRS 557.160, which is grown or cultivated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 557 of NRS;

(b) The mature stalks of the plant and root balls which have been fully separated from the stalks of the plant after harvest, fiber produced from the stalks, seeds of the plant, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil or cake; or

(c) Any commodity or product made using hemp, as defined in NRS 557.160, which does not exceed the maximum THC concentration established by the State Department of Agriculture for hemp.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.