Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania appears poised to join 22 other states in allowing medical marijuana to be given patients suffering from various diseases and ailments, some terminal. House lawmakers relented Wednesday after years of resistance, voting 149-43 in favor of dispensing as a…

Diana Briggs has traveled from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg more than 20 times in the past 28 months, fighting for the right to give medical marijuana to her 15-year-old son, who is disabled by constant seizures which aren't controlled with approved…

After many months of backroom politics and delays, Pennsylvania lawmakers are expected to vote on legalizing medical marijuana in March. The state House is expected to vote on a bill that was overwhelmingly approved by the state Senate. But the…

A historic vote to make medical marijuana legal in Pennsylvania is on hold. After a bill cleared a key House committee last week, legislators had said they hoped to put the measure to a vote as soon as Monday. But…

A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers is working to make sure a medical marijuana proposal doesn't go up in smoke, again. The state Senate in May approved Senate Bill SB3 to create a medical marijuana program, but that legislation stalled in a state House of…

The Pennsylvania State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would legalize medical marijuana by a vote of 40-7. The legislation, which was championed by Sen. Daylin Leach and Sen. Mike Folmer, would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients to treat cancer, epilepsy, diabetes, Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s…

The Keystone State is missing out on the progress being made on cannabis policy across the nation. That's because legislators in Harrisburg, even those who support reform, are crafting onerously complex bills. Yesterday, the Senate State Government Committee unanimously passed…