Rhode Island Moves To Lift Court Order Blocking Pot Shop Licenses
July 7, 2026
Bills to undo cannabis provision come after residency requirement rejected
Bills to undo cannabis provision come after residency requirement rejected
Twenty retail licenses have been on pause since an April 8 ruling by a U.S. district court judge
RI Gov. Dan McKee nominated Michelle Reddish to the Cannabis Control Commission seat left vacant last October
Federal judge blocks enforcement of RI’s residency requirement
“I think decisions are already made even before the listening sessions. … This is targeting an industry, that’s all.”
Regulators are still weighing different retail marijuana license rollout patterns in the Ocean State
“If all of the potential licenses come online at the same time, it could result in the price of the product dropping so precipitously that no one would profit.”
Lifted Luxury got as far as the provisional stage for three Bay State marijuana businesses
Regulators were asked to study and propose what the state should do about hemp-derived drinks, most of which are produced out-of-state
It feels like Rhode Island is normalizing cannabis in ways that haven’t yet come to the commonwealth
