Rhode Island medical pot regulators prepare for home delivery

PROVIDENCE — No day better illustrates the blurred distinction between medical and recreational marijuana use than April 20 — the international pot celebration day — when the truly afflicted and the pseudo sick flocked to Rhode Island’s three medicinal dispensaries for holiday specials.

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Next April 20, there may be less congestion everywhere if state regulators and the dispensaries move ahead with home-delivery services.

As state lawmakers weigh Gov. Gina Raimondo’s proposal to legalize recreational pot this year, the Department of Business Regulation last week issued requirements for dispensaries wishing to deliver products to the most incapacitated of Rhode Island”s 18,000 licensed medical marijuana patients.

Home delivery has been on the books for a couple of years, but not until now have state regulators issued guidance to clarify what mandates the dispensaries would have to meet to safely deliver and electronically track each sale.

Read more: https://www.newportri.com/news/20190422/ri-medical-pot-regulators-prepare-for-home-delivery
(Newport Daily News)