Tag: Office Of Cannabis Regulation
R.I. hemp industry faces uncertainty amid federal crackdown on THC products
Mike Simpson is one of Rhode Island’s biggest cheerleaders for hemp cultivation and the plant’s derivative products – remedies, he believes, that may help...
R.I. cannabis sales grow modestly by 3.17% in Q2
WARWICK – Rhode Island’s cannabis sales increased by 3.17% year over year for the second quarter of 2025, reflecting modest growth in the market...
Buzz kill? As R.I. prepares to expand cannabis licenses, sector’s future...
The last few years have been a struggle for Karen Ballou, owner of CultivatingRI LLC.
She’s been waiting for state regulators to assemble the framework...
Connect with Commerce: Cannabis startups don’t qualify for federally funded programs
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in an occasional series focused on questions from Providence Business News readers for R.I. Commerce Corp. Secretary Elizabeth...
Cannabis cultivators across R.I. loaded with product, audit finds
PROVIDENCE – A recently conducted audit of the state’s cultivator license moratorium and its effects on the 65 licensees showed the industry has plenty...
Cannabis cultivator’s request for relief from regulator’s ‘administrative hold’ denied
WARWICK – A Providence Superior Court judge denied a local cannabis cultivator’s request for an injunctive relief from state regulator’s “administrative hold” over the...
Dispensary challenges labor provisions of recreational marijuana law
Amid growing tensions with its workers over labor standards and unionization, a Portsmouth marijuana dispensary is taking aim at the state’s recreational cannabis law.
Greenleaf...
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...
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...
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...
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