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HARVEST TIME: 
Jason Calderon, CEO of Bonsai Buds LLC in Exeter, tends to mature marijuana plants in the grow room 
that are ready to be dried. 
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

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...

Better late than never on cannabis regs

Statewide expansion of recreational marijuana sales is finally nearing approval, three years after lawmakers approved retail sales in the state. The law allows the state...
Ashley Bradford

In places where cannabis is legalized, fewer are picking up anti-anxiety...

In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety. That is the...

Marijuana reclassification not expected until after presidential election

WASHINGTON (AP) – A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won't come until after the November...
CASH-ONLY CROP: Some of the products for sale at the cannabis retail store called Mother Earth Wellness in Pawtucket. Despite the Biden administration’s move to recategorize cannabis as a less-dangerous controlled drug on the federal level, it won’t do much to persuade banks to enter the sector. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pot regulation proposal leaves banking problem

The Biden administration’s move to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. But it...
BLAZING A TRAIL: As Rhode Island’s cannabis sector has gained traction, attorney Megan Sheehan has been growing her legal practice, Green Path Legal, right along with it. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Navigating legal gray areas for green leaves

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Megan Sheehan Green Path Legal founder LIFE LESSONS COME from all directions. Consider the takeaway for Megan Sheehan, a Barrington lawyer:...

Do you support the proposed federal rule to reclassify marijuana as...

The U.S. Justice Department on May 16 moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, which would mark a significant shift in federal...

Providence 10th best ‘weed city’ in the nation, study finds

PROVIDENCE – The capital city is ranked 10th best in the nation for marijuana enthusiasts in a report by Real Estate Witch.  The Missouri-based real...

Mass. governor to pardon those convicted of cannabis possession

BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Gov. Maura T. Healey on Wednesday said she would issue pardons for tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor...

State marijuana growers making more campaign donations in hopes of cutting...

Spencer Blier was expelled from his first college for smoking weed, then spent the next decade as a perpetual University of Rhode Island student,...
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