Post by Logan on Apr 5, 2016 19:00:14 GMT -6
Where legal, regulatory issues for marijuana are many, R.I. told
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Harmful pesticides, butane explosions, burglaries.
Regulators from states where recreational marijuana has been legalized were in Rhode Island Tuesday warning local lawmakers, police and others about those issues and more at a forum convened by Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin.
He organized the panel that included regulators from Colorado and Washington state as Rhode Island faces an onslaught of marijuana-related legislation in the General Assembly.
Next week, the House Judiciary Committee will take up bills that would legalize recreational marijuana, double the number of medical marijuana dispensaries, and add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of qualifying medical conditions for medical marijuana.
Darwin Roberts, deputy attorney general for the State of Washington, said one of the latest issues the state has faced involves regulating the pesticides that are used on marijuana plants.
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20160405/where-legal-regulatory-issues-for-marijuana-are-many-ri-told
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Harmful pesticides, butane explosions, burglaries.
Regulators from states where recreational marijuana has been legalized were in Rhode Island Tuesday warning local lawmakers, police and others about those issues and more at a forum convened by Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin.
He organized the panel that included regulators from Colorado and Washington state as Rhode Island faces an onslaught of marijuana-related legislation in the General Assembly.
Next week, the House Judiciary Committee will take up bills that would legalize recreational marijuana, double the number of medical marijuana dispensaries, and add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of qualifying medical conditions for medical marijuana.
Darwin Roberts, deputy attorney general for the State of Washington, said one of the latest issues the state has faced involves regulating the pesticides that are used on marijuana plants.
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20160405/where-legal-regulatory-issues-for-marijuana-are-many-ri-told