The idea is that there would be uniform standards for market regulation, including:
- Licensing.
- Taxation.
- Minority participation.
- Small-business participation.
- THC potency.
But how realistic is it that the Northeast could, in effect, become a regional bloc that legalizes adult-use marijuana with a unified regulatory framework?
Two Pennsylvania senators introduced a comprehensive marijuana legalization bill on Tuesday—just weeks after Gov. Tom Wolf (D) announced that he’s in favor of the policy.
Sens. Daylin Leach (D) and Sharif Street (D) filed the legislation, which would allow adults 21 and older to possess, cultivate and purchase cannabis from licensed retailers.
New Jersey
Last week, Politico reported Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney moved to ban the sale of all vaping products, including marijuana vape products.
That followed New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announcing a task force on vaping that is due to file recommendations in the next three weeks.
“The only safe alternative to smoking is not smoking. Period. Full stop,” Murphy said..
In rejecting the legislation, the Democratic governor also offered recommendations on how to fix it. He called for assembling a task force that would outline how New Jersey would adopt a more technologically advanced automatic record removal process for those who have kept a clean record for 10 years.
“I applaud the sponsors’ commitment to social justice, and their efforts to correct historic wrongs inflicted on our communities by a criminal justice system that has at times unfairly, and harshly punished individuals,” Murphy said in his veto statement.
You’ve been living your whole life thinking August 8th is just another mid-month summer doldrums day. Which we suppose is true — but it is also National CBD Day. (And National Happiness Happens Day, and National Frozen Custard Day, and National Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your Neighbor’s Porch Day, and National Dollar Day. Seriously. This is according to something called the National Day Calendar, a group that actually vets and approves applications for faux-holidays.)
A key driver of the local medical marijuana movement is not where you might expect it. When Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Lambert Center for Medicinal Cannabis Education and Research launched in spring 2016, it not only helped to legitimize the study and ultimate treatment of patients by alternative means, but it provided a platform for new doctors to explore this relatively new branch of study. Today, Jefferson is providing patients with guidance about medical marijuana and training a new generation of medical professionals to navigate what this means for the future.
Rest assured that the cash that patients pay at local medical marijuana dispensaries doesn’t end up under a mattress.
“We do have a bank,” said Jimil Wilson, chief financial officer for Maitri Medicinals, which operates Fayette County’s only state-approved medical marijuana dispensary in Uniontown.
So does Washington County’s only medical marijuana dispensary, The Healing Center in Washington.
A deal to create America’s largest marijuana-dispensary chain may be derailed as Pennsylvania regulators take a closer look at the company’s operations in the state.
Arizona-based Harvest Health and Recreation of Arizona, which has cannabis operations in multiple states, announced last week that it was acquiring CannaPharmacy Inc., a company with presence in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and neighboring states.
Every day, Helen Narke battles a burning sensation in her mouth that is never expected to go away.
It's caused by neuropathy – a type of nerve damage resulting from numerous conditions – that she said stems from a dental injury from several years ago.
Narke has used prescription narcotics to relieve the pain, but the medications left her in daze. When she wasn't sleeping – which was often – she turned dysfunctional. In turn, she said her relationships with her immediate family devolved and her desire to live lessened.
As far as I can tell, my highly moral state legislature now balances its budget off of its taxes on gambling, smoking and booze. Why not pot, whoops, I mean medical marijuana?