R.I. governor to propose legalizing recreational marijuana

[DonViejo]

Source: Providence Journal



By Tom Mooney
Journal Staff Writer

Posted Jan 13, 2019 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jan 14, 2019 at 8:03 AM

PROVIDENCE — Facing the “inevitable” prospect of being encircled by states that have legalized recreational marijuana, Gov. Gina Raimondo will propose this week that Rhode Island do the same.

“I will say, I do this with reluctance,” she told The Journal last week. “I have resisted this for the four years I’ve been governor. ... Now, however, things have changed, mainly because all of our neighbors are moving forward” with legalization.

The proposal, included in her budget plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, would create one of the most regulated recreational pot industries in the country, the governor said, aimed at reducing the health and safety problems experienced in some of the 10 other states that have approved recreational use in recent years.

Read more: https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190113/ri-governor-to-propose-legalizing-recreational-marijuana

[samnsara]

1. good..i wont have to sneak my stuff in when i visit friends there...

[AKing]

2. Expect Ill Gov JB Pritzker being sworn in today to propose it too.

[RhodeIslandOne]

3. Good

We need the revenue.