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Companies blanket Pa. with ads about how to get a medical marijuana card, but doctors are silenced

When Pennsylvania lawmakers legalized medical cannabis in 2016, they struck an unusual deal: Physicians can approve patients for the program but they are banned from advertising that power. Lawmakers feared advertising would encourage thousands of patients to flood the same…

New Jersey

Why New Jersey isn’t starting legal marijuana sales on 4/20

When the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission announced the start date for recreational marijuana sales in the Garden State last week, you could almost hear the collective frustrated sigh of thousands of cannabis consumers: Why not 4/20? So close, yet…

Bill proposal would allow medical marijuana edibles in Pennsylvania dispensaries

Pennsylvania medical cannabis patients currently have access to tinctures, pills, oils, topicals, and dry leaf to vaporize. A new bill will soon be introduced by state Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, to possibly expand those options and allow patients to purchase…

Pa.’s top marijuana regulator decries stubbornly high retail prices for medical cannabis

The average wholesale price for a gram of medical cannabis leaf in Pennsylvania has fallen 36% since the beginning of 2020. But the average retail price that patients pay is down only 14% over the same period, a state official…

Pennsylvania’s sudden move to recall marijuana vapes raised questions. Like were these products harmful all along?

For years the Pennsylvania Department of Health allowed the state’s medical marijuana companies to sell hundreds of medicines that the agency now considers potentially unsafe. Something changed in November when regulators started a process that led last month to a…

Pennsylvania Department of Health Expands Financial Assistance for Medical Marijuana Patients

The Department of Health expanded financial assistance available in the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program (MMAP) and announced the ninth clinical registrant of the Medical Marijuana Research Program. “The department is pleased to be able to expand assistance to Medical Marijuana…

Legalizing weed in Pennsylvania faces complicated demands

Pennsylvania lawmakers researching a bill to legalize recreational marijuana received a barrage of information Tuesday during a spirited, two-hour hearing in West Philadelphia. They heard testimony espousing their instituting automatic and retroactive mass expungement of cannabis convictions and keeping the…

What to know about Philadelphia’s ban on pre-hire marijuana testing

If you’re looking for a job in Philadelphia, you may no longer need to pass a drug test for marijuana. A new city law bars many employers from testing job applicants for cannabis use. It took effect Jan. 1. But…

Pennsylvania Health Department orders second approval for vaporized cannabis: report

Hundreds of thousands of medical marijuana products might be at risk after the Pennsylvania Department of Health ordered a secondary review of vaporized cannabis products last week, according to reports. MJBizDaily.com reports that Mark O’Neil, the press secretary for the Department…

It’s time to legalize recreational marijuana in Pa., GOP senator says: ‘It’s inevitable’

Republican Sen. Mike Regan, a former U.S. marshal who spent years fighting the drug wars, is now calling for marijuana to be legalized in Pennsylvania. “I think it’s inevitable,” said Regan, R-Cumberland/York counties. “It’s common sense to think we’re going…

Medical marijuana law changes get through Pennsylvania House

The state House on Monday approved a set of revisions to Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana law, seeking to make permanent some of the changes put in place temporarily because of the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives voted 164 to 38 for the bill,…

Her doc recommended medical marijuana for chronic pain. Then she failed her drug test and Jefferson fired her.

For the last two decades, Donna Hudnell has struggled with chronic back pain. As she got older, it only got worse. “I had trouble sitting, walking, sleeping,” said Hudnell, who’s 60. “I can’t do any of that.” Her doctor recommended…

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…

Why medical marijuana in Pennsylvania is some of the most costly in the U.S.

Bill Cobb uses medical marijuana to treat PTSD and chronic back pain. “I’m a 50-year-old Black man who’s been a civil rights worker,” said Cobb, now a criminal-justice activist in Philadelphia. “I smoke to have my brain slow down. But to be honest, I also smoke…

Marijuana milestone: more than 100 dispensaries open in Pennsylvania

Most Pennsylvanians don’t have far to travel to buy medical marijuana. The state’s 100th dispensary opened last week in Chester, quickly followed by the 101st in York and 102nd in Hazelton, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Patients have…