[#item_full_content] Frustrated retail cannabis license applicants called on the Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission to respond quickly to a federal order temporarily halting the lottery process to award 20 licenses because of legal questions about the state’s residency requirement. The process, said one applicant, has been as “slow as molasses.” 
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Retail cannabis applicants vent after ruling stalls an already ‘slow as molasses’ license rollout
ByPot Shop News
April 13, 2026