Reporter: This road is the only road in or out of Nipton and it cuts right through federal land. The feds still consider marijuana a schedule one drug and that means this town could be a target.
Shearin: I would love a crack down here. Crack down, arrest me...Why because I manage a town where people are following their states law?
Pretty easy for Shearin to say that. He's not risking much. He has a private place to smoke. In the meantime, nothing has been done in Nipton to allow any public consumption. So yeah, Shearin is letting guests take the risk of arrest in Nipton so ERBB can profit.
Here are some of the actual laws that support this claim: