Does anyone really believe college students in Nevada are going to stop smoking pot on campus just because the state says they have to?

Please.

Lenita Powers of the Reno-Gazette Journal reports.

Nevada regents ban marijuana use on campus

It came down to health problems versus money today when the Nevada Board of Regents voted to ban the use of medical marijuana at the state’s publicly-funded colleges and universities.

Only marijuana that is being used for research projects will be allowed on the campuses.

The board’s decision was driven by a federal law that prohibits the use, possession or cultivation of marijuana at higher education institutions that receive Title IV funding.

If the Nevada System of Higher Education allows faculty, staff, students or even visitors to use medical marijuana on its campuses it could lose about $500 million a year that it receives in Title IV funding federal funds, Brooke Nielsen, the board’s legal counsel, told board members.

The board’s cannabis conundrum was created when the 2013 Nevada Legislature voted to legalize the use of medical marijuana.

Nielsen said Colorado and a number of other states already have banned the use of medical marijuana on their publicly-funded colleges because of the risk of losing federal funds.

There are no estimates of how much it will cost the police departments on each of the Nevada campuses to enforce the ban, she said.

Regent Michael Wixom warned his fellow board members during their meeting at the University of Nevada, Reno that if they failed to ban medical marijuana at their six college campuses and the Desert Research Institute, that also could impact public-private partnerships.