RHODE ISLAND CANNABIS CHIEF Matthew Santacroce, left, holds up the first winning ball selected during a lottery to award licenses to five medical marijuana dispensary applicants that was held by the Office of Cannabis Regulation on Friday. Russ Griffiths, right, a policy analyst at the R.I. Department of Business Regulation, plucked the balls from the tumbler blindfolded before handing them to Santacroce. / PBN PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Cannabis Regulation selected five medical marijuana dispensary applicants to receive licenses to operate during its lottery held at the R.I. Department of Administration on Friday. The five medical marijuana dispensary winners will receive their licenses for retail sale of medicinal marijuana to the 19,000 registered state patients in one…
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