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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...
The House Finance Committee on Friday recommended a $9.6 billion spending plan in a late-night session./PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

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...
THE HOUSE APPROVED A $9.6 BILLION fiscal 2019 budget on Friday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

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...
REGULATED DISPENSARY: 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. / PBN FILE PHOTO/
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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...
REGULATED DISPENSARY: 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. / PBN FILE PHOTO/
KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

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...
PAIN CLINIC: William and Jessica Cotton of B&B Medical Marijuana Evaluation Center in Warwick go over informational materials on marijuana. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
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