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In December 2018, during a Q&A session with constituents on Twitter, Governor Wolf tweeted: "I think it is time for Pennsylvania to take a serious and honest look at legalizing recreational marijuana." [17] One month later, Wolf announced a statewide tour by Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman to gather public input on the idea. [18]
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 ...
On April 5, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH), Office of Medical Marijuana (OMM), which oversees the commonwealth’s medical marijuana program, initiated phase II of its licensing ...
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 ...
The program was created following a lawsuit filed by Robert Randall, a Washington, D.C. resident who was arrested for cultivating cannabis in 1975. [37] Citing the glaucoma that threatened to take his eyesight, Randall employed a medical necessity defense at trial to justify his use of cannabis. [37]
A medical cannabis card in California. A medical cannabis card or medical marijuana card is a state-issued identification card that enables a patient with a doctor's recommendation to obtain, possess, or cultivate cannabis for medicinal use despite marijuana's lack of the normal Food and Drug Administration testing for safety and efficacy.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports that, as of May 15, 2022, there were 712,421 patients and 37,221 caregivers registered in the state’s medical marijuana program. The state’s ...
The year 2023 began with several state efforts to legalize adult-use or medical cannabis, despite an apparently stalled federal effort to do so. [1] A cannabis industry executive predicted that at least two states would enact adult-use reform in 2023, with the most likely states to legalize being Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Ohio. [2]