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Pennsylvania Lawmakers File Bipartisan Marijuana Legalization Bill

Sep 16, 2024 View Original Article
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    2% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The legislation, which would legalize cannabis for adults and allow for regulated sales of recreational weed, was introduced on Friday by Republican Rep. Kaufer and Democratic Rep. Emily Kinkade, with 15 of their colleagues in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives signed on as cosponsors of the bill.
52% : A bipartisan duo of Pennsylvania lawmakers last week filed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in the state.
48% : The bill allows medical marijuana patients to grow up to five cannabis plants at home, but the measure does not permit home cultivation of recreational weed, online cannabis news source Marijuana Moment reported on Friday.
48% : The legislation also contains criminal justice reforms including a "clean slate" policy for those with marijuana-related convictions, CBS affiliate WTAJ reported.
46% : If the legislation passes, Pennsylvania will join the 24 states that legalized recreational marijuana for adults.

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