Tag: medical marijuana
Swansea board approves host agreements for two marijuana dispensaries
SWANSEA – The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved the town’s first host agreements for two medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries, The Herald News reported...
Five Questions With: Steven Brown
Legislation that would have required home sellers to disclose to potential buyers that they grew marijuana at a property was vetoed this week by...
House raises compassion center fee to $250K in revised state budget
PROVIDENCE – The $9.6 billion revised budget approved by the House June 15 increases the yearly fee charged to the state’s three medical-marijuana distribution...
House Finance Committee approves $9.6B state budget that authorizes sports gambling
PROVIDENCE — The House Finance Committee late Friday voted to recommend a $9.6 billion budget proposal that will provide relief to drivers paying the...
House Finance Committee to consider 2019 state budget
PROVIDENCE – A key legislative committee on Friday is expected to take up revisions to the fiscal year 2019 state budget proposal released earlier...
PBN on WJAR-TV, May 7, 2018
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...
The state is only the latest to eye profits from Rhode...
Elaine Keevin took morphine for eight years to battle what was later diagnosed as complex regional pain syndrome, a chronic condition the McGill Pain...
More pot is not a simple thing for R.I.
Medicinal marijuana can be a godsend for some people, helping patients using it experience a higher quality of life.
But the state is looking to...
Somerset signs host agreement for medical-marijuana dispensary
SOMERSET – Town Administrator Richard Brown has signed a five-year host agreement with Solar Therapeutics Inc. for a medical-marijuana dispensary that is expected to...
Guiding patients on use of medical marijuana
When William Cotton’s mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1988 she used recreational marijuana.
A few years later she quit, and Cotton watched her...













