Saturday, January 26, 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 in Portsmouth, 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 …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha says the department's stance on medical marijuana has not changed after new legislation was introduced last week.
U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha says the Department of Justice does not plan to review new legislation introduced last week to regulate the distribution of marijuana for medicinal use. On his Web site Monday, Neronha released the following statement, claiming the federal department has not changed its opinion on the issue. “The policies and position of the Department of Justice on enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in jurisdictions that have under consideration, or have implemented, legislation that would sanction and regulate the commercial cultivation and distribution of marijuana purportedly for medical use, have not changed. "Therefore, we have not nor do we intend to review or discuss legislation on this topic which, …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
New legislation could result in the opening of a medical marijuana center in Portsmouth.
- GOVERNMENT
-
Thursday, March 1, 2012
A quote from Dr. Seth Bock was added to this post on Friday at 3:10 p.m. Legislative leaders have reached an agreement with Gov. Lincoln Chafee that they say will allow the state's first medical marijuana centers to open their doors, including one in Portsmouth. Last spring, Dr. Seth Bock's proposal for the Greenleaf Compassionate Center in Portsmouth was one of three medical marijuana centers, or compassion centers, in Rhode Island approved for licenses by the Department of Health. But the process got put on hold by Gov. Chafee in May, after U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha issued a letter saying he did not support the centers. A new deal has been proposed and involves new legislation, which will prevent "raids" of these centers by …
41.59683
-71.26139
200 Highpoint Ave, Portsmouth, RI
/articles/governor-lawmakers-reach-deal-on-medical-marijuana-centers
/locations/6502701
malcom lagauche
12:44 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Nobody in the federal government seems to question how maijuana became a Class One controlled substance (the most addictive and dangerous). When Richard Nixon was president, there were many huge anti-war demonstrations. Nixon had a disdain for the protestors and was extremely paranoid. In his twisted logic, he concluded that marijuana was the cause of the demonstrations because of its widespread … more ›