The Senate Law and Justice committee passed SB49 by a 10-1 vote on Tuesday. The bill would create a cannabis control board.

A growing number of people are turning to medical marijuana for pain control, and doctors say cannabis is generally safer ...

Pennsylvania senators have approved a bipartisan bill that would create a new regulatory body to oversee the state’s existing ...

Before acquiring a medicinal marijuana ID card in Pennsylvania — as of 2024, roughly 440,733 Pennsylvanians, or around 3.37% of the state's population were medicinal marijuana patients, according to ...

Marijuana is fully legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in 24 states in 2025, including five of the six states bordering Pennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro and some state legislators say it’s ...

A new state Senate bill aims to expand Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana law to allow terminal patients to use cannabis ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A renewed effort to legalize recreational marijuana is underway in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, as lawmakers search for new ways to balance the state budget. Currently, three ...

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Oversight of the state’s medical marijuana program could shift to a freestanding Cannabis Control Board under legislation approved by a Senate panel on Tuesday. The Department of Health has managed ...

State Sen. John Kane introduced “Ryan’s Law” — which would allow dying patients to manage pain with medical marijuana in ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania is set to become the latest state to legalize medical marijuana as the Legislature sent a bill to the governor on Wednesday, after parents of children suffering from ...