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Medical marijuana regulations

Rhode Island’s top medical cannabis regulator, hired in 2016 to help reform a decade-old but loosely regulated program,…

News December 2

Marijuana layoffs continue

Michigan temporarily prohibited the sale of cannabis vaping products so they can be tested for the vitamin E…

News November 22

Week in Review: Mexico moves toward recreational cannabis legalization, vape firm Pax cuts jobs, Northeast govs huddle & more

Mexico prepares to become the most populous nation in the world to legalize adult-use marijuana, vape company Pax…

News October 25
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Experts weigh in on prospects for regional cannabis coordination among US Northeast governors

Democratic governors from five states in the Northeast last week agreed on core principles for a legal recreational marijuana…

News October 23
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Seeking fairness for medical cannabis firms, RI gov sues over control of state’s industry

Rhode Island’s governor is asking a judge to declare the Legislature’s control over new medical marijuana and hemp…

News October 22
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Maine’s largest medical marijuana firm at heart of business dispute

Maine’s biggest medical cannabis operator is trying to end its relationship with a company behind its fast-growing edibles…

News August 29
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Rhode Island cannabis company seeks arbitration against Acreage Holdings

Acreage Holdings, one of the largest multistate operators in the U.S. marijuana market, faces a demand for arbitration…

News August 23
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Rhode Island budget proposal seen as setback to medical marijuana growers

Amid ongoing complaints that Rhode Island’s three medical cannabis  dispensaries control the market – making it difficult for…

News June 18

Rhode Island rejects medical marijuana as treatment for opioid addiction

The Rhode Island Department of Health declined to make opioid dependency a qualifying condition for the state’s medical…

News May 2
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Despite ‘monopoly’ concerns, Rhode Island’s medical marijuana program on upswing

At first blush, Rhode Island's tiny medical marijuana market looks like a disaster for cannabis entrepreneurs: The state's…

News April 3
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