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R.I. cannabis sales grow modestly by 3.17% in Q2

WARWICK – Rhode Island’s cannabis sales increased by 3.17% year over year for the second quarter of 2025, reflecting modest growth in the market...
IN PROGRESS: Michelle A. Reddish, left, administrator at the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission, talks about the commission’s process of putting a licensing system in place for recreational marijuana sales. She is one of four panelists at the Providence Business News’ 2025 Business of Cannabis Summit in Providence on March 6. Also on the panel are, from left, Benjamin L. Rackliffe, partner of Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC; Sasha Gorski, co-owner of Talaria LLC; and Ronald Crosson II, executive director of Urban Ventures Inc. and chairman and social equity officer of the R.I. Cannabis Advisory Board. 
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PBN summit: Doubling down on social equity in R.I.’s cannabis industry

With the blowback against any public policies specifically ­tailored to a single demographic – whether racial, gender-based or otherwise, there are still vocal advocates...

Recreational cannabis tax collections uneven across state, tax data shows

PROVIDENCE – In a city or town with only one store licensed to sell recreational cannabis, the financial performance of that dispensary can boost...

Pot shops need trained workforce

For any industry to grow, it needs a workforce pipeline. So it is with the state’s budding cannabis industry. Last year it employed more than...
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