In July of 2018, Rhode Island expanded compassion center access to medical marijuana patients across state lines. At that time, the state’s MMJ regulatory body outlined regulations for sales to nonresidents: * Dispensaries must use “reasonably good-faith efforts” to verify nonresident medical marijuana ID cards by asking for a second form of government-issued photo ID. * Nonresident patients must be entered in a state database that tracks sales. * Nonresident patients are limited to how much cannabis they can buy – 2.5 ounces of marijuana or its equivalent in other forms every 15 days. While Canna Care Docs is in full support of expanding access to out of state patients traveling through the Ocean State, the spirit of the regulations has been misinterpreted putting some medical cannabis patients at risk of possessing a fraudulent medical cannabis certification. Patients who are lured by the notion of receiving instant California certifications, without having to demonstrate California residency, are in violation of medical cannabis law. There are reported incidents of revocation of these “out of state cards” putting cardholders in legal harm’s way, as well as an inability to compliantly access one of the three State compassion centers and a financial loss of […]