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Action Alert – Help move HB1181 medical marijuana bill in the Pennsylvania House!

Action Alert – Help move HB1181 medical marijuana bill in the Pennsylvania House!

House Bill 1181, the Raymond Shafer Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, currently sits in the House Health committee. Representative Matt Baker (R – Tioga County) sits as the chairman to this committee. Starting on Monday April 28th, we’re asking you to call Baker’s offices and voice your support for HB1181. His numbers are: District offices: […]

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Pennsylvania marijuana reform: Progress on the horizon for 420

Pennsylvania marijuana reform: Progress on the horizon for 420

Philadelphia – The country is going green and celebrating 4/20, America’s Marijuana Holiday. While tens of thousands are expected to light up without fear of prosecution in Colorado such freedom has yet to reach the Keystone State. Yet progress is on the horizon. Pennsylvania now has three active marijuana reform bills, more than any other […]

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Keystone Cannabis Reform Rally in Harrisburg on March 31st

Keystone Cannabis Reform Rally in Harrisburg on March 31st

Keystone Cannabis Rally We’re proud to work with organizer Les Stark to host a large pro-cannabis rally in the State Capitol. More than 500 people have already signed up to attend The Keystone Cannabis Reform Rally on March 31 in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. The event will emphasize the urgent need for cannabis […]

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NORML PAC Endorses John Hanger for Pennsylvania Governor

PHILADELPHIA, PA — On a brisk but sunny morning in front of historic Independence Hall in Philadelphia candidate for Pennsylvania Governor John Hanger received the formal endorsement of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Political Action Committee (NORML PAC). “Stop the arrests and jailing!” Hanger said today, “Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians […]

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Rep. Jim Cox Becomes First Republican Co-Sponsor of PA Medical Marijuana Bill

Rep. Jim Cox Becomes First Republican Co-Sponsor of PA Medical Marijuana Bill

A medical marijuana bill pending before the Pennsylvania legislature has picked up the added support of State Representative Jim Cox, who becomes the first Republican co-sponsor of the bill. Cox signed on as co-sponsor of the bill after speaking with Central Pennsylvania mother of three Dana Ulrich, who’s daughter Lorelei suffers from severe epilepsy. After hearing the story of […]

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Marijuana Legalization Legislation Introduced in Pennsylvania

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 […]

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PA Medical Marijuana Bill Named After Gov Shafer

State Representative Mark B. Cohen has re-introduced a bill to regulate medical cannabis in the Keystone State. The legislation, HB1653, has a new name: The Governor Raymond P. Shafer Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. This refers to the Republican former governor (1967-1971) and PA party leader. In 1971 Shafer was picked by President Richard Nixon […]

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Marijuana Advocates Sue Fed. Government Over Rescheduling Delay

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 […]

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