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From Sea To Shining Sea: State Cannabis Policy Update
ArizonaConnecticutDelawareLouisianaMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsOhioRhode IslandSouth CarolinaTexasWest Virginia June 16, 2021 0
By Madeline Grant, NCIA’s Government Relations Manager Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve talked a lot about what is happening at the federal level – with the passage of the SAFE Banking in the House of Representative, the reintroduction of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act,... Read more
Medical marijuana providers stage protest over proposed new rules in Rhode Island
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRhode Island March 11, 2021 0
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 of rule changes to the medical program that officials... Read more
A guide to the Rhode Island Senate’s plan to legalize cannabis
Marijuana Industry NewsRecreational MarijuanaRhode Island March 10, 2021 0
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, and regulate the recreational use of marijuana in the... Read more
USDA approves Rhode Island, Luiseno Indians hemp plans
Industrial Hemp NewsMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsRhode Island January 12, 2021 0
With just a few days left before changing oversight, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the hemp-regulation plans of Rhode Island and the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians in southern California. Rhode Island will charge interested hemp producers: $250 application fees. $2,250 license fees, with a license valid for... Read more
Who will win the lottery to run Rhode Island’s six new medical marijuana dispensaries?
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRhode Island January 5, 2021 0
PROVIDENCE — David Spradin is the CEO of a California-based marijuana company called Perfect Union. It has 14 marijuana stores between Los Angeles and Sacramento, six stores in New Mexico and has had stores in Oregon and Washington, says Rick McAuliffe, a Rhode Island lobbyist who now also serves as... Read more
Rhode Island opens application window for 6 new medical-marijuana dispensaries
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRhode Island July 17, 2020 0
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 hoping to win a license to operate one of... Read more
