Public health advocates, social justice reformers, and cannabis industry leaders are all pushing to influence legislation as lawmakers debate state-run stores versus private sales.

Pennsylvania has not yet decided where it will stand with marijuana. Sure, the state has a position on medical marijuana. It’s legal with one of a list of approved diagnoses and a card issued by an approved doctor.

No one in the Pennsylvania Capitol is prepared to say if this is the year the state will legalize marijuana. But that hasn’t stopped supporters from beginning to lay out their visions, with some lawmakers pitching selling the drug in state-owned stores and others proposing letting independent sellers seek state licenses.

Supporters of legalizing cannabis for adult use rally outside the state Capitol in Harrisburg on June 27, 2023. Ed Mahon Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit ...

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) ("Trulieve" or "the Company"), a leading and top-performing medical marijuana company in the U.S., today announced the relocation of a Trulieve-affiliated medical marijuana dispensary to Lancaster,

Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) spearheaded a bipartisan effort in Congress today, calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intensify efforts to secure the release of […]

Marijuana reform advocates and businesses have grown fond over the past decade of the phrase “the toothpaste is out of the tube,” and the “genie is out of the bottle” when referring to the global surge of the cannabis trade, which has touched every continent.

Four people were arrested after law enforcement officers were notified of possible drug activity near Kensington Park Apartments in New Bern Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. When they arrived, officers found three men and a juvenile standing around a car as a tip from an anonymous caller said.

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Marc Fogel, Allegheny County native, was detained at a Moscow airport in August 2021 after being found with marijuana in his luggage.

Political leaders have renewed a push to get a local teacher out of a Russian prison. A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers are urging Secretary of State Marc Rubio to bring Marc Fogel home.

Several states are on track to legalize recreational marijuana in 2025, joining the 24 other states that have already done so. Although efforts to legalize cannabis are ongoing in numerous states, the five states listed below are the most likely to actually enact legalization proposals this year.