Tag: Cultivators
R.I. cannabis commission revokes cultivator’s license for ‘egregious’ violations
WARWICK – Citing failure to comply with a May consent order, repeated violations of state regulations and the arrest of its founder for attempting...
Buzz kill? As R.I. prepares to expand cannabis licenses, sector’s future...
The last few years have been a struggle for Karen Ballou, owner of CultivatingRI LLC.
She’s been waiting for state regulators to assemble the framework...
Is there still a market for expanded marijuana sales?
Any adult in the area who wants to buy legal recreational marijuana doesn’t have to go far to find it. And that’s before Rhode...
Is the state’s slow development of regulations for expansion of its...
The Rhode Island Cannabis Act, passed in May 2022, allowed for retail sales of marijuana at seven medical dispensaries and promised an eventual expansion...
R.I. cannabis commission schedules public ‘listening sessions’
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission wants to hear from you.
The newly formed, three-person panel has scheduled four public “listening sessions” across the...
Marijuana market needs level playing field
What kind of recreational marijuana market does Rhode Island want? Should growth be market driven or tightly controlled and regulated?
The state’s slow rollout of...
Competition, delays could limit cannabis job growth
For years, growers and sellers participating in Rhode Island’s medical-marijuana program have been frustrated watching counterparts in Massachusetts and other states with legal recreational...
Proposed R.I. medical marijuana regulations call for lottery, new zones for...
PROVIDENCE – Proposed regulations for Rhode Island’s medical marijuana industry that were unveiled Thursday seek to limit growth to six new dispensaries in specific...
Competition coming for ‘compassion centers’
The House Committee on Finance recently rejected Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s proposal to allow recreational marijuana sales to adults by licensed outlets. But the...
















