Tag: medical marijuana
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...

















