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Insomnia denied as qualifying condition for Pa.’s medical marijuana program

The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Advisory Board voted against adding insomnia to the list of qualifying conditions and tabled discussions on adding traumatic brain injuries at its latest meeting. The state's program is experiencing record enrollment and significant growth. More than…

Pa. medical marijuana advisory board nixes new qualifying conditions as industry booms

Medical marijuana in Pennsylvania is more popular than ever, this month surpassing $1 billion in all-time sales from dispensaries to patients. The state’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Board noted the landmark at its quarterly meeting Tuesday before debating whether to add…

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…

Medical marijuana sales soar amid COVID-19, making Pa. one of the nation’s fastest growing cannabis markets

During the last six months, the size of Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program has surged due to the anxiety-producing effects of COVID-19 and some favorable changes to regulation. The number of patient visits at cannabis dispensaries has risen by more than 70 percent…

Pennsylvania’s new medical marijuana player aims to ramp up production and drive down prices

Jushi Inc. will become one of the dominant players in the Keystone State’s medical marijuana market with its $37 million acquisition of Scranton-based Pennsylvania Medical Solutions from Vireo Health International. The aggressively expanding Jushi, based in Boca Raton, Fla., already…

Budget provision makes notable change to Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana law

Pennsylvania’s interim budget makes a notable change to the state’s 2016 Medical Marijuana Act. Tucked away in the 53-page bill that appropriates $25.8 billion in spending to carry government operations through Nov. 30, lawmakers added a provision that stipulates how revoked permits – of which only…

Some Pa. Republicans want to legalize marijuana after coronavirus blew a hole in the budget: ‘It’s inevitable’

There’s a gaping budget hole caused by an economy in tatters. There’s growing voter support and some assurance that the issue is no longer political poison. And there are tax windfalls, potentially huge revenues to be gleaned, if a bill…

Pennsylvania State Supreme Court hears argument on medical marijuana restrictions for probationers

An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to declare illegal a policy in Lebanon County courts that prohibits people on probation from using medical marijuana. The argument, on behalf of…

Coronavirus Is Legitimizing Pennsylvania’s Marijuana Industry

Medical marijuana is essential. According to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s executive order and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s list of restrictions on business activity, cannabis is just as essential as food and toilet paper amid the global coronavirus pandemic. In mid-March, when both leaders mandated…

Every Pa. medical marijuana patient who drives is a DUI target. This lawmaker wants to change that

The state representative from Philadelphia admits he is breaking the law. “I’m literally driving under the influence virtually every day,” said State Rep. Chris Rabb (D., Philadelphia). That’s because Rabb, like nearly 200,000 Pennsylvanians, is a state-approved medical marijuana patient.…

A Pa. medical marijuana patient goes to court after being denied federally subsidized housing

A panel of three Pennsylvania judges will hear an appeal from an impoverished disabled veteran who said she was denied federally subsidized housing solely because she is a medical marijuana patient. Mary Cease, 68, was discharged from the U.S. Navy…