April 15, 2026
Rhode Island cannabis regulators will ask the First Circuit to reconsider a court order halting social equity and adult-use cannabis licensure, according to a notice of appeal filed Wednesday.
April 08, 2026
A Rhode Island federal judge on Wednesday ordered state marijuana regulators to halt social equity and adult-use cannabis licensure while a constitutional challenge from out-of-state entrepreneurs seeking to enter the market plays out.
March 20, 2026
A Rhode Island federal judge said Friday she was compelled to find that the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause applied to federally unlawful recreational marijuana in a case challenging the state's plan for awarding retail cannabis licenses.
February 23, 2026
Rhode Island's state cannabis regulator is urging a federal court to throw out a suit challenging its social equity licensing scheme, saying the plaintiff lacks standing because his application was not denied for the reasons he's challenging.
November 24, 2025
A California attorney who has brought numerous constitutional challenges to state and local cannabis licensure programs across the country brought a federal lawsuit on Monday against the marijuana regulator of Rhode Island.