Posted on 04/18/2016 6:32:55 AM PDT by Wolfie
GOV. WOLF SIGNS PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL INTO LAW
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPVI) -- Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana in Pennsylvania into law. The bill will go into effect in the next month.
Wolf sat surrounded by a crowd of supporters Sunday, including law makers from both sides of the isle, who in a bi-partisan effort lobbied to make medical marijuana legal.
"We stopped being liberals and started being problem solvers, and we stopped being conservatives and started being compromisers," said Sen. Daylin Leach (D-Pa.). "And we stopped being politicians and started being human beings."
Patients with serious medical conditions, ranging from Autism to chronic pain, will be able to access medical marijuana with a physician's prescription, and access it at an approved dispensary.
The legislation gives the Department of Health power to authorize up to 150 dispensaries across the state.
"All we are asking here is to have the ability to have that doctor make a decision in conjunction with his or her patient that will make that patient's life better," said Wolf, adding today was a, "Great Day for Pennsylvanians."
Dana Ulrich, who has fought for access to the drug for her 8-year-old daughter, said she knew this day would come after working tirelessly with lawmakers for years.
"They are going to save the lives of millions of people from this day on," said Ulrich.
It's expected to take 18-24 months for the program to be fully implemented.
In the meantime, patients in Pennsylvania can cross state lines to access the drug at dispensaries in other states.
Sen. Mike Vereb (R-Pa.) says this move should help lawmakers to tackle what he calls the No. 1 killer in the state - opioid abuse.
"That's the killer," said Vereb. "What we are doing here today is the healer."
The only kind of marijuana that would be approved initially included pills, creams and oils that can be used in a vapor.
But smoking would be prohibited, which is interestingly in contrast to the New Jersey law, which only allows for whole cannabis flowers and buds.
It will pass in Florida also, if it makes it to the ballot again
Yeah, that's gonna make things better in the rust belt.
Looks like Aldous Huxley was right. They are going to keep everyone drugged up so as not to notice how sh*tty everything is.
You got it. And the sheep are emthusactly following the script.
It was a bipartisan effort.
Our legislature is controlled by Republicans who promised us folks back home no tax increases while saying they are committed to funding public schools and such.
Ah, they’ve found a way to bring in more ‘revenue’.
The medical marijuana is going to be taxed.
They do that at ball games by playing the national anthem.
“...including law makers from both sides of the isle, who in a bi-partisan effort lobbied to make medical marijuana legal”
Both sides of the “isle”?
I’m trying not to be a nitpick but I remember a time in the not too distant past when articles were written to be gramatically correct.
Is it the Internet and the overwhelming desire to get article posted as fast as possible that is leading to grammatical errors - or is it that the new breed of journalist is lacking in some English Comp experience?
The medical marijuana is going to be taxed.
When do you think they will have bills ready to tax prostitution and gambling?
Gambling has been up and running in this state but the revenues have fallen short.
Yes, lets make prostitution legal and taxable coming in 3, 2, 1......
Pennsylvania already has legal gambling, so they are halfway there...
I just hope the ability to buy med mj is just a ridiculous as buying alcohol in PA.
“O Brave New World”
Dancing with the devil!! All by design!
Yep, the whole medical MJ movement is a fraud. In California, 99% of the “patients” have no provable medical condition, and certainly not conditions requiring MJ. Most “patients” are young males with ridiculously transparent complaints—”don’t sleep well”, “sore shoulder”, “anxious about things”, etc.
The law was sold to the gullible by using cancer, glaucoma, and Parkinson’s patients. Of course, a law limited to these or to life threatening conditions is OPPOSED by the MJ lobby in every state. It’s a scam and everybody knows it.
Ahh shut up. What a load of crap. You just want the tax dollars and - way to make it legal to get high.
Good.
Less government intrusion into doctor/patient relationships is never a good thing. /s
I’ve never seen much from pot smoking kids but laziness and willing unemployment.
Can you imagine what the Declaration of Independence would say if it was written in Philadelphia under the influence?
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