Rhode Island’s pot stores can now legally advertise. Get ready for billboards, bus wraps, and radio spots. June 20, 2023 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Joe Pakuris watched what he called fairness and common sense unfurl over his retail marijuana dispensary Tuesday as workers high above Interstate 95 raised a billboard for his Mother Earth Wellness shop, one day after Gov. Dan McKee legalized outdoor pot advertising. Pakuris’… Read More→
Rhode Island courts expunge more than 23k pot cases under new legalization law June 9, 2023 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Rhode Island court officials announced Thursday they had expunged more than 23,000 marijuana possession charges as required under the state’s new legalization law. “The automatic expungement of marijuana charges has been an organizational feat,” said State Court Administrator Julie P.… Read More→
Rhode Island to open 6th marijuana dispensary: Here’s how much pot was sold in December December 20, 2022 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Recreational marijuana users and medical patients now have a South County dispensary to patronize. Plant Based Compassionate Care, Inc., doing business as Sweetspot Dispensary, will open the state’s sixth retail marijuana dispensary on Tuesday, at 560 South County Trail, in… Read More→
Medical marijuana cards are now free in Rhode Island December 2, 2022 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Starting Thursday, Rhode Island medical marijuana patients will no longer have to pay $50 to obtain a medical card, a change that coincides with the start of recreational marijuana sales. Five existing medical dispensaries were issued hybrid licenses to start selling… Read More→
How did Rhode Island’s first day of retail marijuana sales go? Pretty mellow. December 2, 2022 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments The first day of legal weed sales in Rhode Island Thursday was, well, mellow – punctuated by a 96-year-old war veteran buying a pot cookie to have with his coffee and a state senator picking up some cannabis-infused stocking-stuffers for… Read More→
RI dispensaries start to sell recreational pot: Everything you need to know November 29, 2022 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Rhode Island has licensed five of its six operating medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling the drug for recreational use as well starting Dec. 1, when the state’s legalization goes into effect. The newest of those five businesses opened for… Read More→
Dispensaries will start selling recreational pot soon. What we know about RI guidelines September 12, 2022 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments With sales of recreational marijuana scheduled to begin Dec. 1 at Rhode Island’s medical marijuana dispensaries, officials at some of those establishments are anxious to know what specific requirements they’ll have to follow. That guidance is coming next month, said Matt Santacroce,… Read More→
Majority of RI cities and towns will vote on recreational marijuana sales August 12, 2022 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Thirty-one of Rhode Island’s 39 cities and towns will ask voters whether to allow the sale of recreational marijuana within their borders, the secretary of state’s office said Thursday. In May, Rhode Island became the 19th state to legalize adult-use recreational… Read More→
State develops policies for administering medical marijuana in schools July 18, 2022 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments School districts in Rhode Island must develop protocols to administer medical marijuana to students with a demonstrated medical condition under a new state regulation. The change to the regulation was made last month, but school leaders contacted by The Journal were surprised… Read More→
Marijuana slowly becoming New England’s newest cash crop May 23, 2022 AggregatedNews New England states 0 Comments With adult-use marijuana sales eclipsing $3 billion in Massachusetts, other New England states are now entering the recreational marijuana industry. Voters in Massachusetts legalized marijuana in 2016 and sales began in 2018, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission said. Neighboring states witnessing… Read More→
Lawmakers set votes next week on legalizing marijuana in Rhode Island May 14, 2022 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments After months of behind-the-scenes negotiation, legislation to legalize adult use of marijuana is headed for votes in legislative committees next Wednesday Legislative draftsmen are still putting the final touches on the reworked legislation, which will not be made public until… Read More→
Rhode Island towns would have to vote to opt out under marijuana bill March 4, 2022 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Not every town is high on the idea of legalizing recreational marijuana for adults. But to opt out under the “Rhode Island Cannabis Act” introduced this week, towns would have to put the question on the ballot in November. Take Middletown, for… Read More→
R.I. lawmakers call for marijuana legalization to help those impacted by War on Drugs September 9, 2021 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Legislators joined a progressive group outside the State House on Wednesday, calling for Rhode Island to ensure that marijuana legalization benefits poor and working-class communities of color that bore the brunt of the War on Drugs. The General Assembly concluded this… Read More→
Medical marijuana providers stage protest over proposed new rules in Rhode Island March 11, 2021 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Medical marijuana providers and patients gathered outside the Augusta Civic Center on Wednesday to protest a series of proposed rule changes that one provider called “obscene and cost-prohibitive.” In January, the Maine Office of Marijuana Policy released a preliminary draft… Read More→
A guide to the Rhode Island Senate’s plan to legalize cannabis March 10, 2021 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Rhode Island could become the next state to legalize cannabis. A year after Senate leadership declared a different legalization proposal dead on arrival, Senate President Dominick Ruggerio and Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey are co-sponsoring a bill that would legalize, tax,… Read More→