Bill that would legalize marijuana in Pennsylvania stalls out in state senate
The Pennsylvania Senate's Law and Justice Committee voted down the bill 7 to 3.
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The Pennsylvania Senate's Law and Justice Committee voted down the bill 7 to 3.
Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that has passed the state House on Wednesday.
A bill that would legalize recreational marijuana advanced out of the Pennsylvania House Health Committee on Monday.
Pennsylvania is one step closer to possibly legalizing recreational marijuana.
CBP agents seized 343 pounds of marijuana destined for the U.K. from a shipping facility in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
The head of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus said they won't support bills to legalize marijuana without equity provisions including expunging cannabis offenses from criminal records.
A crossing guard in Darby, Pennsylvania, has been charged after she allegedly gave electronic cigarettes and suspected marijuana products to students, the Delaware County district attorney's office said. Police are asking parents to come forward if they have more information.
Nicki Minaj was in Amsterdam after playing a show at Ziggo's Dome on Thursday, and was on her way to Manchester, England, for the next stop in her Pink Friday 2 World Tour.
Maps show where weed and marijuana products are legal for recreational and medical use in the United States.
The Justice Department officially proposed a new rule on Thursday that would reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug.
The proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some other drugs.
Opposition is growing in one Atlantic City neighborhood over possibly expanding the area where recreational marijuana businesses can open.
Eighteen months ago, Atlantic City established a Green Zone in the business and tourism districts on Atlantic and Pacific avenues, which allowed recreational marijuana businesses to open there.
Score big discounts today on fast food, vaporizers, infusers and more during the unofficial 4/20 marijuana holiday.
While neighboring states like New Jersey and New York have already legalized cannabis, Pennsylvania is still workshopping a bill to do so. Advocates testified in Harrisburg on Thursday and encouraged lawmakers to ensure social equity is part of the thinking when legalizing marijuana. Other states like New Jersey require a portion of licensees to be minorities and people of color and have expunged criminal records for small possession amounts.
After initially committing to only selling pre-packaged marijuana in tamper-resistant containers, commissioners' minds were recently changed after a presentation on "deli-style" sales - where customers can get up close with the product.
There are now more than 100 legalized medical and recreational cannabis dispensaries in New Jersey.
The sauce goes on sale Friday at some Chicago-area dispensaries. It costs $30 per jar.
Camden Apothecary is a dispensary inside Bell Rexall Pharmacy, which was selling cannabis back before prohibition in the 1930s.
Camden Apothecary is a marijuana dispensary inside Bell Pharmacy in Camden, NJ. The same pharmacy actually used to sell cannabis in the 1930s before the drug was prohibited in 1937.
Police previously said a stolen car was used to break into the Curaleaf dispensary on City Avenue at 51st Street during looting in September.
Police say a stolen Kia was used to break down the door at a Curaleaf dispensary in Philadelphia's Wynnefield section.
A former Burlington County corrections officer has been accused of supplying a jail inmate with marijuana and tobacco.
The New Jersey Cannabis Convention is returning to the Convention Center in Atlantic City.
Estimates show about 16 million people had cannabis use disorder in 2021 and the risk of developing a dependence is higher for people who started using marijuana during their adolescence.
