Updates the Rhode Island Cannabis Act to remove the current requirement to express cannabinoids as the dry-weight percentages.

Plain-English Summary

This bill proposes a change to Rhode Island's Cannabis Act by removing a specific rule about how cannabis products must display their potency information on labels. Currently, the law requires that cannabinoid content — meaning the levels of substances like THC and CBD — be listed as a percentage of the product's dry weight. This bill would eliminate that specific requirement.

The change would affect cannabis businesses, testing laboratories, and consumers in Rhode Island. For businesses like dispensaries and cultivators, it would give more flexibility in how they report and label the potency of their products. For consumers, it could mean seeing potency information presented in a different format on packaging, though the bill does not specify what alternative format, if any, would replace the current one.

It's worth noting that dry-weight percentage is a common industry standard for measuring cannabis potency, particularly for flower products, but critics of this method argue it can be less meaningful for products like edibles or concentrates, where other measurement formats may be more informative. This bill would simply remove the mandate for that specific format without dictating a replacement standard.

As of now, the bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee and has been recommended to be held for further study, meaning lawmakers are still evaluating it and it has not yet moved forward in the legislative process.