About the Data: Six of Rhode Island’s 39 municipalities (or 15%) prohibit adult-use cannabis sales (and cultivation).
The details: “Part of the [Rhode Island Cannabis Act] required municipalities to hold referendums asking voters whether to legalize the sale or cultivation of adult-use cannabis in their respective cities/towns,” Matthew Touchette, director of public affairs, Executive Office of Commerce/Rhode Island Commerce, Department of Business Regulation, told Cannabis Business Times. “As a result, six municipalities voted against the statewide referendum, which bans retail and cultivation licenses from being issued by their city or town.”
Data Source: Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation
About Rhode Island’s Adult-Use Cannabis Program: Rhode Island became the 19th state to legalize adult-use cannabis when the state Legislature passed Senate Bill 2430, which was signed into law by the governor May 25, 2022. Adult-use sales began Dec. 1, 2022.
