Rhode Island licenses first medical-marijuana testing lab; will seek to ensure pot’s safety, potency July 21, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments The state has licensed its first testing lab to better regulate and improve the safety of medical-marijuana products sold at the state’s three dispensaries and grown as well by state-licensed cultivators. Green Peaks Analytical, of Warwick, will be the first… Read More→
Rhode Island opens application window for 6 new medical-marijuana dispensaries July 17, 2020 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Many of the 55 or so state-licensed cultivators who now grow medical marijuana for the three existing dispensaries have their eye on winning one of the licenses. The state Department of Business Regulation will begin accepting applications Friday from businesses… Read More→
Where Does Rhode Island Stand On Marijuana? January 16, 2020 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments In the early evening of June 22, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed the state’s $9.9 billion budget for fiscal 2020. Among the high-profile provisions in the 488-page spending plan was Article 15, which significantly reshaped the state’s medical… Read More→
R.I. Senate won’t support legalizing marijuana in 2020 December 18, 2019 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Marijuana legalization in Rhode Island appears dead in the state Senate for another year. Senate President Dominick Ruggerio said Tuesday he doesn’t think the state’s medical marijuana program has been well-regulated and expanding legal access to the drug any further… Read More→
Rhode Island bills would help minorities get into marijuana business May 30, 2019 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments PROVIDENCE — House lawmakers have introduced several bills designed to help minorities and their communities — disproportionately hurt over the years by marijuana prosecution — enter the profitable pot business. While no approved recreational marijuana market exists in Rhode Island,… Read More→
Rhode Island demand for medical marijuana skyrocketing March 29, 2019 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments While state lawmakers consider legalizing recreational pot this year, sales of medical marijuana continue to hit new highs. The reason isn’t just that more people are ailing, state regulators say. The state’s three medical marijuana dispensaries are on pace to sell about… Read More→
These States Are Most Likely to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Next August 22, 2017 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Every week's there's a new story about how well recreational marijuana legalization has helped states such as Colorado, Washington and Oregon. And now several other states, such as California, Nevada and Massachusetts, have jumped on the train to reap the benefits of… Read More→
Rhode Island Legislatures to Introduce Plan for Marijuana Legalization in 2018 June 9, 2017 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Marijuana legalization advocates are planning to introduce a scaled-back version of their legislation that would legalize the drug next year but put the brakes on immediate plans for retail stores. While the previous version of the bill… Read More→
Under New Bill, Rhode Island Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Would Double May 30, 2017 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Just before Rhode Island’s first medical marijuana dispensaries opened four years ago, fewer than 5,000 people in the state were registered patients. Since then, the number of medical marijuana patients in Rhode Island has more than tripled,… Read More→
Rhode Island Legislators Push for Recreational Marijuana Vote This Spring April 10, 2017 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island state legislators hoping to legalize recreational marijuana say they have enough support to pass a bill if it comes to a vote this spring in the Democrat-controlled General Assembly. Rep. Scott Slater, a Providence… Read More→
Rhode Island Wants to Begin Marijuana Sales Before Massachusetts January 14, 2017 AggregatedNews Massachusetts, Retail, Rhode Island 0 Comments PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Trying to beat Massachusetts to the punch, marijuana-legalization advocates on Wednesday unveiled a proposal that would allow recreational pot shops to open in Rhode Island before any will be allowed to conduct sales in the Bay State.… Read More→
Rhode Island Lawmakers Continue to Push for Marijuana Legalization January 12, 2017 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Rhode Island lawmakers announced on Wednesday that they will try to legalize pot, again. For the seventh consecutive year, lawmakers will introduce a bill that would allow adults to consume marijuana recreationally. But advocates are hopeful that the proposal might… Read More→