Cannabis Law Research: Pennsylvania

Search for articles on Pennsylvania cannabis issues from Law360.

Coverage of the cannabis business in the greater Philadelphia area from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

ProQuest provides access to the Drexel community to Philadelphia Inquirer coverage from 1983-present.

A guide to Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Program for patients.

Home page of the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program, administered by the Department of Health.

Use these links for an up-to-date copy of the Medical Marijuana Act as (unofficially) codified in Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes. Click the main link for free access, or the Westlaw/Lexis icons to view in your preferred database.

Enacted in 2016, the Medical Marijuana Act established Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program. Use this link to access the session law (the text of the legislation as it was originally enacted).

Legislative history from the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

Medical marijuana regulations from the Department of Health are located at Title 28, Part IX of the Pennsylvania Code. Use the main link to access the free version or the Westlaw/Lexis icons to access in your preferred database.

The Pennsylvania Bulletin is Pennsylvania's administrative register where new and proposed regulations are published. To find medical marijuana regulations, try searching for "medical marijuana" or use the "Refined Text Search" to refine your search to the Health Department.

Pennsylvania's Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act provides for criminal penalties for the manufacture, sale, and distribution of controlled substances, including "marihuana."

An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, providing for adult use cannabis; imposing certain gross receipts tax and excise tax; and making related repeals.

An Act providing for the regulation of cannabis and cannabis products for personal use and for exemptions related to the personal use of cannabis and cannabis products; establishing a cannabis regulatory control board and providing for its powers, duties and restrictions; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Revenue, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and the Office of Attorney General; regulating the cultivation, processing, distribution, testing, transporting, sale and offering for sale of cannabis and cannabis products; providing for licensing and permitting of cannabis entities, cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis testing laboratories and other persons engaged in a regulated activity, for certification or registration of essential employees, officers, principals and other persons and for social and economic equity; establishing the Office of Social and Economic Equity and the Cannabis Business Development Fund; providing for diverse business development and a grant and loan program; establishing the Cannabis Revenue Fund; providing for Communities Reimagined and Reinvestment Program, for Community Reimagined and Reinvestment Account and for Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Education Fund; imposing fees, taxes and assessments on cannabis entity licensees, permittees and persons engaged in a regulated activity; and providing for enforcement, for prohibited acts, for penalties, for sanctions and immunities, for certain expungements, for transfer of functions of the Department of Health and for medical marijuana.

An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for adult use cannabis, for medical marijuana, for lawful use and authority and for personal use of cannabis, establishing the Cannabis Regulatory Control Board, providing for regulation of cannabis business establishment, for advertising, marketing, packaging and labeling, for taxes and for cannabis clean slate; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance and for authorized use not a defense.

February 7, 2022 hearing before the Senate Law and Justice Committee.