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The ACLU of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition today sharply criticized the state Department of Health for adopting new regulations governing the medical marijuana program that the groups say will greatly harm patients’ access to the program. If not revisited by the Department, the groups said they would seek legislative intervention to overturn the rules.

The ACLU of Rhode Island has called on the Providence City Council to reject the proposed expenditure of hundreds of thousands of tax dollars to purchase police body cameras unless and until clear, strong standards of transparency and accountability are in place for their use.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU) and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice  (NCLEJ) have today filed a class action lawsuit over the state’s ongoing, critical, and widespread failure to timely provide food stamp benefits to needy families due in large part to its transition to a new, and very troubled, computer system.

ACLU STATEMENT ON REFUSAL OF DEPT. OF BUSINESS REGULATION TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON APPROVED MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATORS

The ACLU of Rhode Island testified today against various provisions of proposed regulations governing the state's medical marijuana program that could impose new burdens on  patients and their certifying physicians. A hearing on the regulations, 99 pages long and proposed by the state Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Business Regulation (DBR), drew a large crowd and much testimony.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has today filed separate sex discrimination lawsuits on behalf of two female EMT/firefighters who allege that the Harmony Fire District in Glocester terminated them from their jobs because of concerns they had raised about differential treatment between male and female firefighters.

by Steven Brown, Executive Director

by Steven Brown, Executive Director

by Steven Brown, Executive Director