Public Defender Wants to Legalize Pot
Add Rhode Island Deputy Public Defender Barbara Hurst to the list of people who think the state should decriminalize possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. In fact, she endorsed legalizing and...
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Bills To Tax Pot Introduced At State House, Congress
Just as Rhode Island legislators are introducing a bill that would legalize and regulate marijuana like alcohol, Congress will consider a bill that would allow states to do so. Rep. Edith Ajello and...
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Portland legalizes pot; Colorado to make $70 million in taxes
Rhode Island lost it’s chance to become the first place on the East Coast to legalize marijuana yesterday. Portland, Maine gets that honor after 70 percent of the voters passed a ballot measure that...
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Legalizing marijuana could mean $82 million in annual revenue for RI
Legalizing marijuana in Rhode Island would generate $21.5 to $82 million in new tax revenue, according to a new report from OpenDoorsRI a group that works with formerly incarcerated people in Rhode...
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ProJo’s partner Inside Sources creates biased news
A feature on page A1 of today’s Providence Journal shows Rhode Island’s largest media organization is subtly moving away from local, unbiased reporting toward generic corporate propaganda posing as...
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