Wolf takes new step on marijuana with town hall sessions

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Wolf administration wants to open a “conversation” about legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania and announced Thursday that the lieutenant governor will hold a series of town hall-style sessions on the subject. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, himself an advocate of legalizing recreational use of the drug, said he will hold a listening session in each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties in the coming months and otherwise accept comments submitted online or through other…

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Cannabis Care Blog: Finding acceptance, relief among new patients

Editor’s Note: This is a new Cannabis Care blog featuring Abbe Kruger, CEO of Justice Grown, PA, the dispensary permit holder for Luzerne County. It will appear at timesleader.com and at www.cannabiscarepa.org. * * * The experience opening one of the first operational dispensaries in Pennsylvania has exceeded my expectations in multiple respects. I expected resistance from those who were foreign to cannabis or fearful of the outdated belief that it would lead to drug…

"Cannabis Care Blog: Finding acceptance, relief among new patients"





Cannabis Care Blog: Finding acceptance, relief among new patients

Editor’s Note: This is a new Cannabis Care blog featuring Abbe Kruger, CEO of Justice Grown, PA, the dispensary permit holder for Luzerne County. It will appear at www.cannabiscarepa.org and at timesleader.com. * * * The experience opening one of the first operational dispensaries in Pennsylvania has exceeded my expectations in multiple respects. I expected resistance from those who were foreign to cannabis or fearful of the outdated belief that it would lead to drug…

"Cannabis Care Blog: Finding acceptance, relief among new patients"





Vermont becomes 9th state with legal recreational marijuana

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Recreational marijuana is now legal in Vermont, the ninth state to legalize it. Adults over age 21 will be able to possess up to 1 ounce (28 grams) of marijuana, two mature marijuana plants and four immature plants. The new law went into effect Sunday and does not set up a system to tax or regulate the production of marijuana. With no provisions in the law for pot shops, users must…

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