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Governor Tom Wolf signs Senate Bill 3 to legalize medical cannabis in Pennsylvania (April 17, 2016) Cannabis in Pennsylvania is illegal for recreational use, but possession of small amounts is decriminalized in several of the state's largest cities. Medical use was legalized in 2016 through a bill passed by the state legislature.
The legal history of cannabis in the United States began with state-level prohibition in the early 20th century, with the first major federal limitations occurring in 1937. Starting with Oregon in 1973, individual states began to liberalize cannabis laws through decriminalization. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical ...
While Roman was the only doctor in Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program to issue more than 3,000 certifications in 2018, 30 physicians reached that number four years later. Roman continued ...
Marijuana legalization continues to be a popular issue with voters in the 2024 Presidential Election. ... including medical marijuana and adult use laws. (Harris was a cosponsor of the STATES Act ...
November 8, 2016: medical marijuana legalized as of July 1, 2017, when voters passed Amendment 2 by 71%. [ 47 ] In 2019, legislation under Senate Bill 182 was enacted, allowing individuals with eligible medical conditions to acquire smokable cannabis from authorized medical marijuana dispensaries.
The legislation advancing in the Senate would make sweeping changes to the state’s 7-year-old medical marijuana program. Bill would allow Pennsylvania patients to get medical marijuana ...
[49] [50] In 2023, Kaufer co-sponsored legislation to permit medical marijuana users the ability to legally drive in Pennsylvania. [51] The following year, Kaufer and Representative Emily Kinkead co-sponsored legislation that would legalize recreation marijuana and institute a regulatory system they said would eliminate the illicit marijuana trade.
The state’s micro-license program was included in the 2022 constitutional amendment when voters legalized recreational marijuana. It was touted as a way to help marginalized groups, particularly ...