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Pennsylvania offers a one-time pardon application for select lower-level marijuana convictions

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman announced a joint effort Thursday to pardon many people convicted with non-violent marijuana offenses. The large-scale project, called the Pennsylvania Marijuana Pardon Project, will allow people with select convictions to submit an application online for…

Wolf administration ordered to reveal details of cannabis use as drug addiction treatment

September 14, 2021
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The public could soon know for the first time how many patients use medical marijuana to treat opioid use disorder in Pennsylvania, one of the few states to specifically endorse that treatment option. Spotlight PA sought that information while reporting on…

Bipartisan bill to legalize marijuana introduced in Pennsylvania Legislature

Marijuana legalization will get another chance in the Pennsylvania Legislature thanks to a new bipartisan bill. State senators Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) this week introduced a bill that would allow those over the age of 21 to…

Gov. Tom Wolf again pushes Pennsylvania marijuana legalization to help fix financial damage from coronavirus

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday once again prodded the Republican-led Legislature to legalize recreational use of marijuana, in part to generate revenue to repair damage done to the state’s finances by the coronavirus pandemic. Republicans pushed back. A spokeswoman…

If Pennsylvania Is Going to Legalize Adult-Use Marijuana, This Is How It Should Be Done

September 17, 2020
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Experts have been predicting marijuana legalization in Pennsylvania since at least as early as 2013, more than a year after the first few states in the U.S. legalized recreational adult use. The state didn’t make medical marijuana legal until 2016 and patients didn’t gain full…

N.J. marijuana legalization effort spurring renewed push in Pa.

With voters in neighboring New Jersey set to vote in November on whether to legalize adult use of marijuana, Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday renewed his call for the General Assembly to act on legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania. Republicans in…

Philadephia Mayor Jim Kenney backs Gov. Wolf’s push to legalize recreational marijuana for Covid relief funding

The mayor on Tuesday threw his support behind the governor’s call to legalize the drug for recreational use. Wolf’s proposal would have hundreds of millions of dollars in CARES Act funding as well as additional tax revenue from the marijuana sales going…

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Wants To Legalize Recreational Marijuana To Help During Coronavirus Pandemic

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is calling on the legislature to legalize recreational marijuana in an effort to help businesses and individuals hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. During a press conference on COVID-19 recovery, Gov. Wolf called on the legislature…

Recreational Marijuana Bill Introduced in Pennsylvania

Recreational cannabis could soon be coming to the Keystone State. That’s if Pennsylvania lawmakers Daylin Leach and Sharif Street can muster enough support for their latest proposal. The state senators introduced Senate Bill 350 on Oct. 15. The bill would…

Pennsylvania rejects marijuana research supplier permits

Eight applicants were denied permits to supply medical marijuana research projects late last week, including one permit hopeful in Falls. Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana research program is delayed again, after Gov. Tom Wolf announced the rejection of all eight marijuana supplier…

Medical Marijuana Products Scheduled To Go On Sale Tomorrow In Pennsylvania

The first sales of medical marijuana products to patients are scheduled for Thursday, two years after Gov. Tom Wolf signed Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program into law. Cresco Yeltrah’s CY+ dispensary in Butler has its first appointments scheduled for Thursday morning…