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How Will Rhode Island’s New Cannabis License Lottery Work?
Regulators are still weighing different retail marijuana license rollout patterns in the Ocean State
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Study: CBD-Dominant Cannabis Products Provide Significant Anxiety Relief
Participants in all three groups experienced significant decreases in their anxiety during the study
March 8, 2026
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Maine Considers Automatically Sealing Thousands Of Low-Level Criminal Records
Maine already began allowing people to apply to get their criminal histories for now-legal marijuana crimes sealed
February 26, 2026
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NYT Editors Fail To Distinguish Between Regulated And Unregulated Marijuana Markets
NORML responds to more prohibitionist nonsense from the New York Times
February 17, 2026
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RI Cannabis License Distribution Poses Challenge For Commission
“If all of the potential licenses come online at the same time, it could result in the price of the product dropping so precipitously…
By CHRISTOPHER SHEA · February 17, 2026
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Fewer Cannabis-Related School Disciplinary Incidents Following Legalization
“These findings reinforce the reality that regulated markets more successfully keep cannabis out of the hands of young people than does prohibition.”
By NORML · February 9, 2026
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Maine Repeal Campaign Misses Signature Deadline
Initiative backed by the same dark money group trying to close Mass dispensaries fails to make ballot in Vacationland
By NORML · February 5, 2026
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Marijuana And The Epstein Files
Documents reveal how a weed arrest was an unexpected catalyst for a sex trafficking investigation—and how attorneys cited pot use to smear a key…
By CHRIS FARAONE · February 2, 2026
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The Supreme Court Brief Arguing That Disarming Cannabis Consumers Is Unconstitutional
The federal government has asserted that the 1968 prohibition on firearm possession by an “unlawful user” of a federally controlled substance should be applied…
By NORML · February 1, 2026
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Cannabis Use Linked To Greater Cognitive Performance In Aging Populations
“This study adds to a growing body of evidence that cannabis use may be associated with greater brain volume and cognitive performance in aging…
By NORML · January 27, 2026