By Derek Rosenzweig The time has come to end the prohibition of marijuana in Pennsylvania. Hundreds of thousands of marijuana smokers across the commonwealth face serious penalties for something which many (myself included) believe should not be a crime. A person in Pennsylvania who is caught with 30 grams of marijuana or less faces up […]
The Pennsylvania House Health and Human Services Committee will hold a satellite hearing on medical marijuana in Pittsburgh, PA on August 19, 2010. HHS Committee Chair Rep. Frank Oliver issued a memo yesterday: Please be advised that on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Global Cannabis Peace March Hits South Street May 19th at 4 pm Philadelphia, PA – May 17, 2012 – Philly NORML’s annual marijuana march will be held on South Street this Saturday, May 19th. Participants will meet at 4:00 pm at the intersection of Broad and South Street for this one-of-a-kind […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Derek Rosenzweig PhillyNORML, Secretary PA4MMJ, Co-Founder Phone: 215-586-3483 Email: derek@phillynorml.org USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA TOPIC AT MEDICAL CENTER CONFERENCE Noted Substance Abuse Counselor to Speak in Favor of Medical Legalization Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania will hold its annual conference on Palliative Care in Medicine on November 3, 2011. The keynote luncheon […]
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 will be a day fondly remembered by many. It marks the very first time that US Congressmen have introduced a bill that would make marijuana completely legal under Federal law. US Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX) are the primary sponsors of, the ‘Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011’. […]
By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ Monday, May 23, 2011, at 12:43 pm A coalition of medical marijuana advocacy groups and patients filed suit Monday in D.C. Circuit Court to compel the Obama Administration to answer a nine-year-old petition to reclassify medical marijuana. The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC) has never received an answer to its 2002 […]
Recently, our medical marijuana bill SB1003 was introduced into the PA Senate. Yesterday it was assigned to the Public Health and Welfare Committee, just as last session’s SB1350 was previously. Last time, we were never given a chance to hold a hearing or a vote in the Senate. This year, it is vital. As a physician, nurse, or […]
Recently, our medical marijuana bill SB 1003 was introduced into the PA Senate. Yesterday it was assigned to the Public Health and Welfare Committee, just as last session’s SB 1350 was previously. Last time, we were never given a chance to hold a hearing or a vote in the Senate. This year, it is vital. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/27/2011 PENNSYLVANIANS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA www.pa4mmj.org A bill to legalize the use of medical marijuana for qualifying patients and to create a statewide system of “Compassion Centers” has been introduced in the Keystone State. Senator Daylin Leach brought SB 1003 forward on April 25th with Senators Larry Farnese, James Ferlo and Wayne […]
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office is calling a new set of procedures for minor pot cases a success and plans to continue with the Small Amount of Marijuana (SAM) program. Last year the Pennsylvania Supreme Court worked with the new DA, Seth Williams, to make a pragmatic change in how the justice system deals with […]
