R.I. cannabis panel launches new adult-use licensing process

THE R.I. CANNABIS Control Commission released new adult-use licensing deadlines on Aug. 6. The new process, which includes three key revised timelines, also re-opens applications for social equity certifications – a designation created in 2025 for owners negatively impacted by the “War on Drugs,” initiated by the Nixon Administration in 1971.  /RHODE ISLAND CURRENT/CHRISTOPHER SHEA

PROVIDENCE – Two months after Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed legislation effectively scrapping the state’s most recent cannabis retail licensing round, the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission is starting fresh with a new adult-use licensing process.  The new process, which includes three key revised timelines, also re-opens applications for social equity certifications – a designation created

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