Smoke Down Prohibition is a monthly event organized by The Panic Hour and Philly NORML where cannabis activists and consumers come together to protest the insanity that is cannabis prohibition. Attendees hear speeches from medical marijuana patients, activists, supporters, politicians, even police officers. Then at 4:20, there is a beautiful cloud of civilly disobedient marijuana […]
Legislation to allow for the physician-authorized use of cannabis is pending before state lawmakers. Representative Mark Cohen has filed legislation, House Bill 1181, to enact statewide legal protections for qualified patients who are authorized by their physician to engage in cannabis therapy. The proposal seeks to establish a network of state-regulated compassion centers to provide […]
State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery County) has introduced Senate Bill 528 to legalize and regulate the adult use of marijuana. SB 528 has been referred to the Senate Law and Justice Committee, but has yet to be scheduled for a hearing. You can read the full text of this measure here. Approximately 25,000 citizens are arrested annually in […]
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 […]
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. […]
