Should Rhode Island Legalize Marijuana? Students Mark Bocchini, Catherine Garcia, Dakota Porto, and Sarah Sangeado worked on researching the details of Marijuana Legalization in Rhode Island in Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz’s HPR 412.View the report brief here. Read the full report, “Legalization of Marijuana in Rhode Island,” here. (This report was published by The Collaborative. The link provided for the full report is from an archived copy of their website. As a result, some linked resources may not display as originally intended.)