Tag Archives: Rhode Island

21 Mar

Featured, Marijuana News

Rhode Island & Connecticut lawmakers consider legalizing marijuana in fear of losing tax revenue to neighboring states

• March 28, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The legal retail of marijuana in Massachusetts begins July 1. That’s prompted Rhode Island and Connecticut lawmakers to once...

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20 Mar

Featured, Marijuana News

Cannabis decriminalization leads to fewer arrests and no increase in teen use, new study reports

• March 28, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The federally-funded study states that decriminalization led to “large decreases in drug-related arrests for both youth and adu...

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25 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

7 States most likely to legalize Marijuana next (after Vermont)

• March 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Last month, I made a list of the eight states most likely to legalize marijuana in 2018, writes Joseph Misulonas. The number on...

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30 Dec

Featured, Marijuana News

The year ahead in pot: The marijuana issues we’re watching in 2018

• December 30, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The past year has been a pivotal one for pot policy. A record high 64 percent of Americans supported legalizing marijuana for recreati...

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08 Dec

Featured, Marijuana News

Lawmakers Look To Colorado For Lessons On Marijuana

• December 8, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The state commission set up to study the possibility of legalizing recreational marijuana met again Wednesday. The panel heard from rep...

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14 Nov

Featured, Marijuana News

Oregon Man Arrested in Nebraska with a Million Dollars in Concentrate

• November 14, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Oregon Extract Maker Arrested in Lincoln, Nebraska with 25 lbs. of Marijuana Shatter LINCOLN, Neb. – An Oregon man...

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11 Nov

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Marijuana Products Seized in Lincoln; 2 Men Arrested

• November 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested an Oregon man found with pot and a cannabis extract called shatter in a van after an...

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31 Oct

Featured, Marijuana News

States consider best ways to legalize recreational marijuana

• October 31, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

A special legislative commission is looking into the potential effects of legalizing recreational marijuana in Rhode Island as the stat...

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05 Sep

Featured, Medical Marijuana

New Jersey, Vermont, and Rhode Island state legislatures could pass marijuana laws in 2018

• September 5, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The push for recreational marijuana is running strong, while medical marijuana reform has become comparatively stagnant. Altho...

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02 Jul

Featured, Law and Politics

Nevada marijuana sales start at midnight

• July 2, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

At the stroke of midnight, Nevada will become the fifth state in the country to allow customers to purchase marijuana for recreational ...

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