7 years in, what Pa. doctors still want to know about medical marijuana May 10, 2023 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments Seven years after its legalization, the medical marijuana industry in Pennsylvania is booming. According to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, there were 425,367 active, certified medical marijuana patients in the state as of March. But while marijuana products… Read More→
How anxiety came to dominate the big business of medical marijuana cards in Pennsylvania February 8, 2023 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments When Lehigh Valley doctor Charles Harris started approving patients for medical marijuana a few years ago, most of them were dealing with chronic pain. Using cannabis helped them tremendously, he said. Patients told him their pain wasn’t keeping them awake… Read More→
Pennsylvania’s controversial marijuana vape recall is overturned by appeals court judge June 17, 2022 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments A Commonwealth Court judge on Wednesday allowed Pennsylvania medical marijuana companies to resume selling vapes that were taken off the shelves in February in a controversial recall. “We are thrilled about this decision,” said Judith D. Cassel, an attorney for… Read More→
Pa.’s top marijuana regulator decries stubbornly high retail prices for medical cannabis March 23, 2022 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments The average wholesale price for a gram of medical cannabis leaf in Pennsylvania has fallen 36% since the beginning of 2020. But the average retail price that patients pay is down only 14% over the same period, a state official… Read More→
Pennsylvania’s sudden move to recall marijuana vapes raised questions. Like were these products harmful all along? March 17, 2022 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments For years the Pennsylvania Department of Health allowed the state’s medical marijuana companies to sell hundreds of medicines that the agency now considers potentially unsafe. Something changed in November when regulators started a process that led last month to a… Read More→
Pennsylvania Department of Health Expands Financial Assistance for Medical Marijuana Patients March 7, 2022 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments The Department of Health expanded financial assistance available in the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program (MMAP) and announced the ninth clinical registrant of the Medical Marijuana Research Program. “The department is pleased to be able to expand assistance to Medical Marijuana… Read More→
Wolf administration ordered to reveal details of cannabis use as drug addiction treatment September 14, 2021 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments The public could soon know for the first time how many patients use medical marijuana to treat opioid use disorder in Pennsylvania, one of the few states to specifically endorse that treatment option. Spotlight PA sought that information while reporting on… Read More→
Marijuana milestone: more than 100 dispensaries open in Pennsylvania December 16, 2020 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments Most Pennsylvanians don’t have far to travel to buy medical marijuana. The state’s 100th dispensary opened last week in Chester, quickly followed by the 101st in York and 102nd in Hazelton, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Patients have… Read More→
Medical marijuana sales soar amid COVID-19, making Pa. one of the nation’s fastest growing cannabis markets August 17, 2020 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments During the last six months, the size of Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program has surged due to the anxiety-producing effects of COVID-19 and some favorable changes to regulation. The number of patient visits at cannabis dispensaries has risen by more than 70 percent… Read More→
First medical marijuana research launches in Pa.; patients to be paid for participating in Jefferson U. studies May 7, 2020 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research, Medical Marijuana 0 Comments Medical marijuana is legal in some form in 33 states, but to date, there has been very little scientific evidence that it is an effective treatment for any ailment. Pennsylvania’s medical schools are now gearing up to determine whether cannabis… Read More→
Pennsylvania revokes marijuana grower’s permit after weed mysteriously disappears July 30, 2019 AggregatedNews Cultivation, Pennsylvania 0 Comments Pennsylvania has revoked the cultivation permit of a medical marijuana grower for not meeting its production obligations and flouting other rules, according to state Health Secretary Rachel Levine. Agrimed Industries in Western Pennsylvania was one of 12 growers granted a… Read More→
Anxiety now qualifies for medical marijuana in Pennsylvania July 12, 2019 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Thursday added anxiety disorders and Tourette’s syndrome to the list of health conditions that qualify for treatment using medical marijuana. The conditions were approved following a recommendation by the state Medical Marijuana Advisory Board… Read More→
Pennsylvania medical marijuana sales near $100 million in first year February 16, 2019 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments Pennsylvanians bought almost $100 million worth of medical marijuana in the first year it was available, the Department of Health announced Friday. “The first year that the state’s medical marijuana program has been operational tells us that this program is… Read More→
Medical marijuana expands to leaf form in Pennsylvania April 16, 2018 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine on Monday approved a recommendation to allow the sale of medical marijuana in leaf form. Her decision means Pennsylvanians will soon be able to buy leaf medical marijuana for vaporization. The law forbids residents… Read More→
Pennsylvania board recommends sale of leaf medical marijuana April 10, 2018 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments A state medical marijuana advisory board voted Monday to recommend allowing dried leaf marijuana into the market. Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine must decide whether to accept the recommendation for it to become statewide policy. Levine chaired the… Read More→