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SETH BOCK, CEO of Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center in Portsmouth, one of three regulated marijuana dispensaries in the state, walks among marijuana plants at his Newport facility in 2018. / PBN FILE PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

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...
REGULATION LITIGATION: Gov. Gina M. Raimondo filed a lawsuit calling budget provisions passed by the General Assembly in the fiscal 2020 budget giving veto power to the GA regarding marijuana and hemp regulations unconstitutional. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

Raimondo sues over marijuana regulatory power; GA signals it was already...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in Superior Court that argues against a provision of the fiscal 2020 budget...

AmeriCann completes construction on new cannabis facility in Freetown

FREETOWN – A publicly traded company that is developing greenhouse-inspired cultivation, processing and manufacturing facilities for cannabis has received a certificate of occupancy on...

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...
SHOWING OFF: Beth Charlebois, co-owner of Cultivating RI, a cultivation center located in West Warwick that grows marijuana for the state’s medical-marijuana program, shows the various stages of growth. State lawmakers are expected to approve an expansion of the state's medical-marijuana program. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Do you support expansion of Rhode Island’s medical-marijuana program?

House Democratic leaders did not support Gov. Gina M. Raimondo's proposal to allow recreational marijuana sales to adults but they do back an expansion...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO's fiscal 2020 budget includes a proposal to legalize adult use of marijuana and to expand the state's existing medical-marijuana program. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Do you support Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s proposals to legalize adult...

With her fiscal 2020 budget, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has waded into the recreational marijuana controversy. Should the state legalize adult use of marijuana...

Northeast Alternatives becomes first recreational-marijuana shop in Fall River

FALL RIVER – Northeast Alternatives on Jan. 20 became the first marijuana shop in the city to expand into recreational sales, The Herald News...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO released a fiscal 2020 budget proposal Thursday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Do you support Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s proposals to legalize adult...

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo's fiscal 2020 budget proposal includes an “adult-use marijuana program,” which would legalize sales for recreational use. The program would create a...
R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH has received a petition from B&B Consulting to add opioid addiction to the list of conditions that can be treated by medical marijuana. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DHIRAJ SINGH

B&B Consulting asks state to allow medical marijuana as opioid addiction...

WARWICK — B&B Medical Marijuana Evaluation Center/B&B Consulting has petitioned the R.I. Department of Health to add opioid addiction to the list of conditions...
PBN PHOTO/Michael Salerno

Five Questions With Dr. James McDonald

Dr. James McDonald | Medical director, R.I. Department of Health 1. What is the science behind medical marijuana? Marijuana plants contain different chemicals that are...
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