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PA just legalized medical marijuana today [View all]
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Pa. House votes to legalize medical marijuana
HARRISBURG - The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana, ending a debate that languished years and all but ensuring Pennsylvania will become the 24th state to pass such a law.
The measure will allow people suffering from cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, intractable seizures and other conditions to access medical marijuana in pill, oil or ointment form at dispensaries statewide. It would not be able to be smoked.
The bill now heads to the Senate, where it has previously had support and leaders say it will pass. Gov. Wolf, a Democrat, has pledged to sign it.
Until Wednesday, the House had been the legislation's biggest roadblock. To the end, advocates on both sides pressed their case, at times in personal terms.
HARRISBURG - The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana, ending a debate that languished years and all but ensuring Pennsylvania will become the 24th state to pass such a law.
The measure will allow people suffering from cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, intractable seizures and other conditions to access medical marijuana in pill, oil or ointment form at dispensaries statewide. It would not be able to be smoked.
The bill now heads to the Senate, where it has previously had support and leaders say it will pass. Gov. Wolf, a Democrat, has pledged to sign it.
Until Wednesday, the House had been the legislation's biggest roadblock. To the end, advocates on both sides pressed their case, at times in personal terms.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160317_Pa__House_votes_to_legalize_medical_marijuana.html#EOgX5GZehkzouikd.99
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