Rhode Island

Drive along the highway and you'll see plenty of big, attention-grabbing billboards with bright colors advertising Rhode Island's few licensed cannabis retailers. But go inside one of those stores and you'll be met with a sea of neutral colors: white, gray or black. Occasionally, there's navy blue

Rhode Island Cannabis Commission Considers Packaging Regulation Changes to Improve Consumer Experience and Safety. Drive along the highway and you’ll see plenty of big, attention-grabbing billboards with bright colors advertising Rhode Island’s few licensed cannabis retailers. But go inside one of

The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Community College of Rhode Island will provide free cannabis training courses to a limited number of students. Rhode Island will offer a cannabis training program that prepares workers for industry, providing the skills they will need to thrive in the

Implications of Rescheduling Cannabis: Rhode Island Businesses on the Edge of Change. For the 10 years the Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center has operated, it, like other marijuana dispensaries, has confronted a significant economic challenge: the federal government considers cannabis on par with

Legal Advisors Speculate on Potential Impact of Marijuana Rescheduling. In the evolving cannabis industry, legal advisors are frequently asked what to expect if the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency reschedules or de-schedules marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, or CSA. Because marijuana

Legal cannabis sales kicked off a year ago in Rhode Island, twelve months on, business is booming. Local news outlet WPRI reported last week that the state’s Office of Cannabis Regulation says that recreational marijuana sales “have steadily increased almost monthly over the past year, and the

Legal marijuana is making it harder for local law enforcement officers to keep Rhode Island's roads safe. There's been a dangerous uptick of traffic related deaths this year. In September there were 288 total DUI cases, 71 consented to a chemical test, 206 refused. Sergeant Anthony McHugh with the

When President Donald Trump signed the 2018 farm bill into law, hemp and hemp-derived products like CBD suddenly became legal across the country. The law created a new market that spurred farmers to grow hemp, and led retailers — including gas stations and bodegas — to start selling everything from

The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission will host the first of several statewide listening sessions Thursday. These sessions are for the Cannabis Control Commission to hear from the public, retailers, patients, and anyone else impacted by the industry. The newly formed commission is looking for

A Rhode Island cannabis dispensary is challenging the state's legalization law. The Boston Globe reported that Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center in Portsmouth is fighting the requirement that retailers must enter into labor agreements to sell recreational cannabis. Workers at Greenleaf voted to

Rhode Island marijuana shops could soon join their Massachusetts competitors advertising on billboards throughout the Ocean State. The Rhode Island House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday to give the state's cannabis regulation office the power to make rules on marijuana advertising while

A proposal to allow Rhode Island cannabis companies to advertise is moving forward. If you've driven along highways in Rhode Island, you might've seen billboards advertising marijuana business. But they aren't Rhode Island companies -- they are all for Massachusetts shops. Rules on advertising were