With recreational marijuana legal, industry scrambles to prepare for Dec. 1 sales launch

Nancy Lavin

05/27/2022

THE SIXTH-MONTH COUNTDOWN until Rhode Island recreational marijuana users can start buying product in the state has the industry scrambling to prepare for an expected surge in demand./ AP FILE PHOTO/SETH WENIG

PROVIDENCE – The countdown is on for recreational marijuana, with six months until existing medical marijuana stores can start selling to adult users. Some proponents say the newly signed law is long overdue, and the impending retail sales launch can’t come soon enough. But others, including court administrators, municipal leaders and even industry representatives, are…