Francis Patriarca

Francis Patriarca practices cannabis and marijuana law from Providence, Rhode Island. Patriarca has 34 years in practice. Patriarca additionally takes on white collar matters, an area cannabis operators encounter through banking, tax and reporting obligations, juvenile defense, including the collateral school consequences of a drug charge and traffic matters, frequently the charge that sits alongside a cannabis stop.

Cannabis is lawful for adults in Rhode Island and commercially regulated, which means the legal questions tend to be regulatory ones: who may hold a license, what a licensed premises may do, and how state rules interact with local authority. The Cannabis Control Commission administers the state program.