Though the state budget is now signed, some industries are still disappointed they missed out. Recreational marijuana is ...

Before Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate lasted four months, lawmakers blamed the delay on a debate over marijuana legalization ...

Marijuana legalization did not make it into the Pennsylvania legislature’s final budget deal, despite the governor’s push for ...

This year’s contribution of $100,000 surpassed the amount raised last year by more than $20,000. The donation was presented ...

Marijuana is fully legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in 24 states in 2025, including five of the six states bordering Pennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro and some state legislators say it’s ...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program expanded rapidly in the years after clinical anxiety was added as a qualifying condition, University of Pittsburgh researchers found in a new study that traces ...

A ban on intoxicating hemp products containing THC will have a major impact on businesses in the Pittsburgh area.

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The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg was lit green in 2016 to celebrate the passage of medical marijuana. It wasn’t simply opposition to recreational marijuana that led a GOP-led state Senate panel ...

A bi-partisan bill to legalize marijuana when prescribed by a doctor has been introduced by Republican PA Sen. Mike Folmer of Lebanon County and Democratic PA Sen. Daylin Leach of Montgomery County.

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