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On April 17, 2016, Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 3 to legalize the medical use of cannabis. [1] The bill allowed the use of cannabis with a physician's approval for treatment of 17 qualifying conditions listed in the bill. [2]
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program has been around for nearly eight years, but the safety of cannabis has come into question due to recent studies, prompting state ...
One doctor’s battle to rejoin Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program reveals how the state wields its gatekeeping power. Prior misconduct rarely an obstacle for doctors in Pennsylvania’s ...
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 ...
There is significant variation in medical cannabis laws from state to state, including how it is produced and distributed, how it can be consumed, and what medical conditions it can be used for. [2] The first state to effectively legalize medical cannabis was California in 1996, when voters approved Proposition 215 by a 56–44
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
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Arizona also passes a medical cannabis ballot measure, but it is rendered ineffective on a technicality. [30] 1998: Oregon, Alaska, and Washington all legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure. [31] Nevada also passes a medical cannabis initiative, but it requires second approval in 2000 to become law, as per the state constitution. [32]