FALL RIVER — Jay says he buys high-quality pot in Fall River not to get a buzz but to help him fall asleep.
“I have horrible insomnia, and it helps me a lot,” said the 38-year-old Warwick resident, who didn’t want to reveal his last name.
Jay says he’s not eligible for a medical cannabis card in Rhode Island — which is why he spends up to $200 every two months at the Northeast Alternatives dispensary on William S. Canning Boulevard off of Route 24 near the Tiverton line.
“I have no choice but to come here,” Jay said on a recent weekday afternoon, as he held a small customer bag containing both smokable weed and cannabis wax, which is a concentrated form of cannabis oil.