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JUMPED THE BORDER: ­Edward Dow, CEO of Massachusetts-based Solar Cannabis Co., has opened a dispensary in Warwick. He’s seen sales in Rhode Island growing steadily while business in Massachusetts has declined. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Cannabis complications: Promising marijuana industry falling short of expectations

Dr. Jason Iannuccilli has invested a lot in his lab in the past year. Like many entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry, the co-founder of Pure­Vita...

R.I. tax income from recreational cannabis trails projections by 25%

Rhode Island’s budding recreational marijuana industry has a marketing problem. Just ask Jonathan Leighton, general manager of Mother Earth Wellness.  “Most people in Rhode Island...

R.I. cannabis sector still in waiting mode

Nearly four months after the legalization of the recreational use of cannabis, the fledgling industry in Rhode Island is being stifled by delays in...
Matthew Santacroce / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Matthew Santacroce

Matthew Santacroce | Chief, R.I. Office of Cannabis Regulation 1. How much recreational marijuana has been sold since Dec. 1? Did these initial sales numbers meet...

5 compassion centers licensed to sell adult use marijuana starting Dec....

PROVIDENCE – Five licensed medical marijuana compassion centers have received hybrid retail licenses from the state and will be allowed to sell adult use...
FUTURE EXPANSION? Alyssa Kenyon works as a trimmer in the Mammoth Inc. cannabis cultivation facility in Warwick. Founder and CEO Spencer Blier hopes eventually to add grow rooms, lab space and employees after retail sales of recreational marijuana start in December. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHEAL SALERNO

A GROWING WORKFORCE: New labor pipeline emerging for legalized recreational cannabis

Celia Kinneary entered Johnson & Wales University’s culinary program with a grand vision of opening her own bakery and brewery someday, but now those...

PBN summit: R.I. cannabis industry to face interstate competition, but ‘we’re...

WARWICK – By the end of the year, Rhode Island officials expect seven retail outlets will have begun selling recreational cannabis, said Matthew Santacroce,...

Five medical marijuana dispensaries selected for licenses

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Cannabis Regulation selected five medical marijuana dispensary applicants to receive licenses to operate during its lottery held at...
GREENLEAF COMPASSIONATE CARE CENTER employees voted, 21 to 1, to join United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328, on April 6. / COURTESY UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 328

As R.I. cannabis industry grows, so does unionization

As the cannabis industry is poised to expand in Rhode Island, the move to unionize its workers is gaining momentum. The latest example: Workers at...
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