Pennsylvania efforts to create a medical marijuana program have been vaporized, for now.

The state House of Representatives is unlikely to take up the measure passed in September by the House, with only one voting day remaining in the 2013-14 session, according to a spokesman for House Republican Majority Leader Mike Turzai. House leaders have too many questions, and want to hold at least two hearings.

The state Senate voted 43-7 on Sept. 24 to pass its medical marijuana legislation — SB 1182 — that would legalize vaporized and edible cannabis for medicinal use. It needed to be approved in the House before going to Gov. Tom Corbett for his consideration.

The Senate has no further voting days scheduled, and the House scheduled one additional day of votes Monday, Miskin said.

With session days dwindling after the Senate vote, a western Pennsylvania lawmaker tried an end-around to get the measure passed in the House. Rep. Ed Gainey, D-Allegheny, offered up an amendment to SB 405, an act dealing with generic prescription drugs, to include the medical marijuana language backed by the Senate. [Read More]