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[NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing
#13440232 - 11/05/10 06:28 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing November 5, 2010 - lasvegassun.com
Should Weedz Alternatives, a so-called "bong bar" on Las Vegas Boulevard that was shut down this week for health reasons, be allowed to re-open?
That's what the Las Vegas City Council will decide later this month.
The city council will hold a disciplinary hearing Nov. 17 concerning the downtown smoke shop, located at 628 S. Las Vegas Blvd., which allegedly was letting customers smoke an untested type of marijuana-like herb on the premises that led some to be hospitalized.
The council had placed the matter on its agenda earlier this week. But the smoke shop owner, Steven Vogt, was not available to attend because he was in the Clark County Detention Center on an auto burglary charge.
The council, instead, heard from Dr. Lawrence Sands, chief health officer of the Southern Nevada Health District, who said "he thought that there was an immediate danger to the community," according to Mayor Oscar Goodman.
"At least five people, all who bought this incense and smoked it, had to be transported to the hospital," Goodman said.
According to a nuisance violation report from Metro Police, detailing some events at the store in July and August, "Officers were dispatched to the corner of Las Vegas and Garces reference to male subjects who appeared injured lying down on the sidewalk. The two individuals identified themselves as Matthew Carr and Christopher Donoughe. Donoughe vomited in front of officers, could not remember his Social Security number and misspelled his name when asked for it. Carr stated that they had purchased a substance at a nearby smoke shop and smoked it there on the premises. Officers went to Weedz Alternatives less than a block away and spoke to the owner Steven Vogt. Vogt stated that Carr and Donoughe had purchased 'King Krypto' from his store for $20. Both Can and Donoughe were transported to Valley Hospital by LVFD Rescue 4."
The report also said, "On 8/12/10 customer 'Brian' lost consciousness inside the business after consuming/smoking 'King Krypto,' a synthetic cannabinoid incense, and was transported to Valley Hospital by AMR. Witnesses state that Brian was provided with the King Krypto at Weedz Alternatives as a sample by Vogt from a smoking bong he had."
The nuisance report also said that on Aug. 12, Business License Officer Latania Webb attempted to conduct an inspection of the business along with two other officers:
"During said inspection, Vogt's inventory had expanded to include tobacco, gifts and novelties which well exceeds the scope that his current license permits (i.e., Smoke Shop). During the inspection, Vogt's behavior was extremely erratic and at times would mutter to himself inferring Vogt was under the influence of some substance. When asked how long Vogt's behavior was this way, employee Dewey Belvin stated that Vogt has been in this condition for '2-3 weeks. He mixed some of the herbs together and has been this way ever since.' When Latania attempted to inventory the rear of the business, Vogt became very irrate and pushed Latania away blocking the entryway. Vogt screamed that she didn't have a right to inspect that area. Latania, fearful enough not to provoke him in that state, concluded the inspection."
Later that day, city staff went out to the business to temporarily take away Weedz' business license and made sure the building was shut down.
Vogt will be able to appeal having his business license removed at the Nov. 17 hearing.
"In the meantime, they can't do business and we'll decide what the future of it is going to be," Goodman said.
The mayor said he was unfamiliar with the marijuana-like substance, but said he had heard it was called "kryptonite, or something like that."
"There are 13 states, apparently, that have made that particular substance illegal," Goodman said. "Here in Nevada, they have not addressed that. So there was an issue as to whether or not he was doing something different than other people."
Goodman said he couldn't believe that people would actually smoke a substance intended to be incense.
"If it's a dangerous substance, I just can't believe a human being would do that," Goodman said. "To me, they would have to be an idiot, whoever is going to be smoking incense. There's enough pot around here that they could buy."
He said he had never heard of the substance before the issue came before the council.
In a Sun interview last April, Vogt discussed selling several mind-altering substances — King Krypto, Spice, Puff, Tribal Warrior, Sleep Walker, Black Mamba and numerous other brands — that are legal. None of the colorful packages under the glass counter at Weedz contains THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
Instead, the dried herbs have been treated with chemicals with names like JWH-073 and JWH-018 that when smoked provide a high that the academics who invented it say is more potent than marijuana.
During the Sun interview, Vogt talked about King Krypto, which was labeled as an "herbal incense" and "not for human consumption."
Vogt had said he told people not to smoke it, “but people will smoke whatever they want.”
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Re: [NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing [Re: veggie]
#13440430 - 11/05/10 07:19 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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actually fuck that place. 20 bucks for a box of old, crappy quality whippits. the guy who worked there was a qook. i walked out.
Do not buy your whippits in Vegas...
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Re: [NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing [Re: veggie]
#13443174 - 11/06/10 12:06 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Letting people smoke spice in your shop? Sounds like a bad idea to me..
Here in Oregon you can smoke weed in dispensaries if you have your card, the one I work at has couches with a table that's got vaporizers, bongs, etc to use. But that's pot, not some RC a German company created to mock the effects of THC. One has been around forever and has well documented effects, the other is some chemical hodgepodge made by charlatans trying to make a quick buck.
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Re: [NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing [Re: fung_us_among_us]
#13444359 - 11/06/10 04:45 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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What are you talking about, JWH series wasn't made by a german RC company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Huffman
This guy made them.
And JWH is pretty fucking safe.
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Re: [NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing [Re: plustax]
#13444626 - 11/06/10 05:42 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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that's right, it was first sold in germany. my mistake.
either way, it sounds like shite to me. but that could have something to do with the fact that i get all the medical indoor bud i can smoke.
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Re: [NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing [Re: fung_us_among_us]
#13444762 - 11/06/10 06:12 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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big fucking deal
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Re: [NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing [Re: fung_us_among_us]
#13445050 - 11/06/10 07:06 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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fung_us_among_us said: either way, it sounds like shite to me.
Nah its pretty good.
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Re: [NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing [Re: veggie]
#13446507 - 11/07/10 01:27 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ive been in that shop.
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Re: [NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#13449801 - 11/07/10 05:49 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Alan Rockefeller said:
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fung_us_among_us said: either way, it sounds like shite to me.
Nah its pretty good.
well shoot, i might try it then. too bad it's illegal here now, next time i'm down in CA i'll have to pick some up.
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Re: [NV] Shuttered Las Vegas ‘bong bar’ to get hearing [Re: fung_us_among_us]
#13452628 - 11/08/10 08:11 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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haha. i get all my weed from your state Williamsburg actually. but i will have to say there is no amount of weed i can smoke to amount to a few mg of jwh. I have chronic back pain which it cures in a jiffy too.
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