Pennsylvania Cannabis News

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman have announced the PA Marijuana Pardon Project is accepting applications for a one-time, large-scale pardoning project for people with minor, non-violent cannabis convictions.

The administration of Gov. Tom Wolf (D) will have to reveal the number of cannabis patients enrolled in the program for opioid addiction treatment after a panel of Pennsylvania judges sided with a news agency’s request.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed a bill to protect banks and insurers who work with medical cannabis companies from state interference.

The Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee has advanced a measure to protect medical cannabis patients from being charged with a wrongful DUI. 

Under a recent Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruling, medical cannabis vape products containing added terpenes can be sold in the state once again after being recalled for containing additives.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that medical cannabis is a Schedule I substance and that driving after consuming cannabis is a violation of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.

The Pennsylvania Senate Banking and Insurance Committee advanced a measure to give state-legal cannabis businesses more access to banking, finance, and insurance services.

The wholesale price for medical cannabis flower in Pennsylvania has fallen 36% since 2020 but the average retail price is down just 14% over the same time period.

Cresco Labs agreed to acquire Columbia Care Inc. in a $2 billion acquisition deal that will see the firm become the largest multi-state operator in the U.S.

The Pennsylvania Senate held the first hearing for an adult-use cannabis bill this week with the support of Gov. Tom Wolf (D).

Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Melissa Shusterman is planning to introduce a bill that would open up 75 medical cannabis cultivation licenses for small businesses and farmers in the state.

Sen. Mike Regan, who helped write Pennsylvania’s 2016 medical cannabis law, is circulating a memorandum seeking to add co-sponsors to a cannabis legalization bill.

A Pennsylvania man is suing his former employer claiming the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Pennsylvania Human Relations Act when he was fired for using medical cannabis.

A Pennsylvania bill aims to protect the state’s medical cannabis patients from DUI charges, treating medical cannabis the same as any other prescription medication.

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) is making cannabis legalization a centerpiece of his campaign for the U.S. Senate, saying “It’s always been the right thing to do.”

Pennsylvania officials will disclose for the first time how many of the state’s medical cannabis patients are certified as a treatment for opioid use disorder, as well as each of the state’s other qualifying conditions.

The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Advisory Board on Tuesday rejected petitions to allow medical cannabis to be used to treat five additional medical conditions on the grounds that the application was too broad.

Pennsylvania has expanded its medical cannabis laws to let patients obtain up to a three-month supply of cannabis at once.

Hemp projects were awarded $194,000 of the $460,000 that comprise Pennsylvania’s Specialty Crop Block Grants.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has pardoned Dr. Paul Ezell, an ophthalmologist who in 2014 lost his career and was jailed for six months for growing cannabis as medicine for his sick wife.

Pennsylvania has awarded nearly $19,000 in grants aimed at improving the hemp agriculture industry in the state.

Activists with Montco NORML have started using old newspaper bins to distribute pardon applications for cannabis convictions throughout Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

K-12 students at next year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show will learn about plastics made from sustainable materials including hemp. The “Cultivating Tomorrow”-themed show will be held virtually from January 9-16.

Pennsylvania has awarded a $2 million grant to Pure Penn, a cannabis brand owned by Florida’s Trulieve, to expand its facility in McKeesport.