Rhode Island’s medical cannabis business license lottery delayed again
Rhode Island regulators have again delayed a lottery for medical cannabis business licenses.
Rhode Island Medical Marijuana News
Rhode Island regulators have again delayed a lottery for medical cannabis business licenses.
Medical marijuana patient numbers in New Hampshire and Rhode Island have stalled recently as the recreational holdouts become surrounded by new adult-use markets.
The upper chamber of the Rhode Island General Assembly on Tuesday easily approved a bill to legalize recreational cannabis, and the measure now heads to the House of Representatives for final approval before it can be sent to the governor.
The Rhode Island Senate is scheduled to vote this week on one of three adult-use marijuana legalization bills under consideration.
Connecticut lawmakers will tackle adult-use marijuana legalization in a special session scheduled to start this week after a state House vote was postponed during the regular session that ended June 9.
Adult-use marijuana programs are generating billions of dollars in tax revenues for state governments each year – bolstering the economic and equity case for legalization in other markets across the country as well as at the federal level.
Connecticut lawmakers are expected to consider a recreational marijuana legalization bill this week as a June 9 deadline for passing the measure looms.
In Rhode Island, a House lawmaker introduced an adult-use legalization bill that would allow existing medical marijuana dispensaries to begin recreational sales as soon as this summer.