Thursday, January 24, 2013
A medical marijuana distribution center, with plans to open in Portsmouth, is asking the state to change the address on its permit. The public is welcome to comment on this change.
The Greenleaf Compassion Center, one of three medical marijuana centers approved by the state to open, is seeking approval for a change of location. The Greenleaf Compassion Center previously planned to open its distribution center at 200 Highpoint Ave., Unit B-6. Seth Bock, who owns and operates the Newport Acupuncture and Wellness Spa in Middletown, is asking the state to approve a new location for this center. Bock now plans to open the medical marijuana center at 1637 West Main Road. Greenleaf’s owners, Seth Bock and Richard Radebach, are personally financing the purchase of 1637 West Main Road through a separately formed Limited Liability Corporation. Greenleaf will become the sole tenant on this property under an initial two-year …
Friday, September 30, 2011
Steven Brown, executive director of the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), says advocates have tentatively agreed to file a lawsuit against Gov. Lincoln Chafee.
Medical marijuana program advocates are firing back a day after Gov. Lincoln Chafee decided to pull the plug on the state's licensing program. "We're going to take him to court," said Dr. Seth Bock on Friday. Last spring, Dr. Seth Bock's proposal for the Greenleaf Compassionate Center in Portsmouth was one of three in Rhode Island approved for licenses by the Department of Health. Chafee announced on Thursday that the state's medical marijuana program could not proceed "under current law." "I was hoping the governor would have the courage to do what's right for the patients," said Bock, who owns the Newport Acupuncture and Wellness Spa in Middletown. Bock planned to open his non-profit medical marijuana center at 200 Highpoint Ave., Unit…
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced Thursday that the state's medical marijuana program cannot proceed "under current law," according to The Providence Journal.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Gov. Lincoln Chafee is pulling the plug on the state's medical marijuana program, according to The Providence Journal. On Thursday, Chafee announced the state's medical marijuana program cannot proceed "under current law," according to The Journal's article. Advocates for medical marijuana dispensaries rallied at the Rhode Island State House Tuesday to try and convince the governor to give the OK to three compassion centers previously approved for a license. Last spring, Dr. Seth Bock's proposal for the Greenleaf Compassionate Center in Portsmouth was one of three in Rhode Island approved for licenses by the Department of Health. But the process got put on hold by Gov. Lincoln Chafee in May, after U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha issued a …
Kyle Braga
10:24 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I feel really bad for these people...The Feds are really squeezing their balls more ›