Title 21, Title 21 and Drugs

(a) Effective January 1, 2017, the department of business regulation shall make medical marijuana tag sets available for purchase. Effective April 1, 2017, every marijuana plant, either mature or immature, grown by a registered patient or primary caregiver, must be accompanied by…

(a) A licensed medical marijuana cultivator licensed under this section may acquire, possess, manufacture, cultivate, deliver, or transfer medical marijuana to licensed compassion centers, to another licensed medical marijuana cultivator. A licensed medical marijuana cultivator s…

(a) No cannabis testing laboratory shall be subject to prosecution; search (except by the departments pursuant to regulations); seizure; or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege, including, but not limited to, civil penalty or disciplinary action by a business, …

(a) Effective July 1, 2016, except for the one hundred twenty-five thousand dollar ($125,000) fee paid by hybrid cannabis retailers pursuant to § 21-28.11-10, all fees collected by the departments of health and business regulation from applicants, registered patients, primary car…

The provisions of this chapter do not exempt any person from arrest, civil or criminal penalty, seizure or forfeiture of assets, discipline by any state or local licensing board or authority, and state prosecution for, nor may they establish an affirmative defense based on this c…

Upon final issuance of rules and regulations by the cannabis control commission pursuant to the provisions of chapter 28.11 of title 21, including, but not limited to, § 21-28.11-18, all powers, and duties, rulemaking authority, hearings, enforcement actions and administrative re…

The general assembly finds and declares that: (1) Modern medical research has discovered beneficial uses for marijuana in treating or alleviating pain, nausea, and other symptoms associated with certain debilitating medical conditions, as found by the National Academy of Sciences…

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Authorized purchaser” means a natural person who is at least twenty-one (21) years old and who is registered with the department of health for the purposes of assisting a qualifying patient in purchasing marijuana from a compassion center. A…

(a) A qualifying patient cardholder who has in his or her possession a registry identification card shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege, including, but not limited to, civil penalty or disciplinary action by a bu…

(a) Not later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of this chapter, the department of health shall promulgate regulations governing the manner in which it shall consider petitions from the public to add debilitating medical conditions to those included in this chapter. …

(a) The department of health shall issue registry identification cards to qualifying patients who submit the following, in accordance with the department’s regulations. Applications shall include but not be limited to: (1) Written certification as defined in § 21-28.6-3; (2) Appl…

(a) This chapter shall not permit: (1) Any person to undertake any task under the influence of marijuana when doing so would constitute negligence or professional malpractice; (2) The smoking of marijuana: (i) In a school bus or other form of public transportation; (ii) On any sc…

(a) Except as provided in § 21-28.6-7, a qualifying patient may assert the medical purpose for using marijuana as a defense to any prosecution involving marijuana, and the defense shall be presumed valid where the evidence shows that: (1) The qualifying patient’s practitioner has…

(a) If the department of health fails to adopt regulations to implement this chapter within one hundred twenty (120) days of the effective date of this act, a qualifying patient may commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel the department to perform the ac…