Some Pa. cannabis companies use misleading, inaccurate, or dangerous statements to promote marijuana for addiction treatment

February 21, 2022
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As part of a first-of-its-kind review, Spotlight PA investigated claims made on Pennsylvania cannabis companies’ websites and found a wide range of misleading tactics. HARRISBURG — Some Pennsylvania cannabis companies are using incomplete or misleading claims to promote marijuana as…

Hundreds of medical marijuana vape products not approved for inhalation recalled from Pa. dispensaries

Hundreds of vape cartridges sold at medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania have been recalled because they contain ingredients that weren’t approved for inhalation, state health officials said. The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Friday released a list of more than…

Wolf signs off on revisions to Pennsylvania medical pot law

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Medical marijuana patients can continue to get a three month’s supply at a time, rather than one month’s, under revisions to the Pennsylvania program signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Tom Wolf. The bill makes it easier for…

Philly marijuana dispensaries that got looted say state rules are making it harder to reopen

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Philadelphia are rushing to repair damage caused by looters so they can reopen quickly and serve patients. But some owners say the state’s Department of Health, which regulates the industry, is throwing up roadblocks as they…

Coronavirus: Pennsylvania softens medical marijuana regulations, allows for curbside pickup

Yes, Pennsylvania's medical marijuana stores are open to the state's more than 147,000 registered patients during the coronavirus pandemic and patients can now use online ordering to accelerate the dispensing process. Pennsylvania health officials have said that food, medicine and banking…

Medical marijuana ‘POS’ software crashes, preventing sales to sick patients in Pennsylvania

Medical marijuana patients across the state couldn’t buy medicines yesterday due to an update in a tracking software system that’s supposed to track sales, not prevent them. The Pennsylvania Department of Health requires all marijuana transactions to be processed through…

Florida firm rolls up 15 dispensary permits in Pennsylvania

Jushi Holdings Inc., the Florida-based cannabis company that bought out Beyond/Hello’s four Pennsylvania permits in July, announced today that it was acquiring the majority interest in Agape Total Health Care Inc. Agape, of Lehigh County, won a permit from the…

Steep Hill Pennsylvania Announces ISO 17025 Accreditation for Cannabis Testing

PRESS RELEASE STEEP HILL PENNSYLVANIA ISO/IEC 17025:2005 STATE LICENSED FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TESTING June 28, 2018 – Berkeley, CA – Dr. Andrew Rosenstein, CEO of Steep Hill Pennsylvania, a licensed cannabis testing lab in Pennsylvania, announced today it received…

Canna Business 101: Underpowered and Oversupplied

By Steven M. Schain They're legalized marijuana's "dirty little secrets;" grid-crashing energy demands and glut-producing price drops. Permitting only energy-intensive, indoor growing facilities, neither Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Act, 35 P.S. Sections 10231.101-10231.2110 and regulations promulgated under (Pennsylvania marijuana law), nor…

Pennsylvania Health Department Unveils New Guidelines for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program expects to solicit applications from aspiring growers, processors and dispensaries in early 2017, health department officials said this week after unveiling draft regulations that will govern the outlets that sell cannabis. Since April 17, when Gov.…

Pennsylvania Proceeds With Medical Cannabis Implementation

Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania signed medical cannabis legislation into law on April 17, and the program has continued to be developed at a steady pace by the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH). On October 25, DOH Secretary Karen Murphy…

From the Beginning: Pennsylvania’s Medical Cannabis Program

If you asked me five years ago if Pennsylvania’s state legislature would pass medical cannabis legislation with overwhelming support from both Republicans and Democrats, and that the legislation would be signed by a Pennsylvania Governor, I would have said, “No…

How Pennsylvania Employers Deal With Workers Using Medical Marijuana

April 25, 2016
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The Pennsylvania House and Senate have been abuzz in the last few weeks with SB3, the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act, which was signed into law. Why is the Medical Marijuana Act important to Pennsylvania employers and employment law attorneys? Because…

Opportunity and Roadblocks Implementing Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania

Signed into law on April 17, 2016, and "taking effect" on May 16, 2016, legal medical marijuana has come to Pennsylvania in the form of "The Medical Marijuana Act." Both innovative and despairing, the success of the Act's implementation hinges…