PA Senators Introduce Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Two Pennsylvania state senators have introduced a new bill to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. SB 350 would allow anyone who is at least 21 years old to consume cannabis, according to Sen. Daylin Leach’s website. The bill also says the use of marijuana in public would be generally prohibited, but that lounges could allow consumption on their property. Last month, Governor Tom Wolf said he was in favor of legalizing marijuana for recreational use, saying most of the state’s residents support it and the state has a wealth of knowledge from the experience in other states to guide the new effort. Eleven states have legalized recreational marijuana. Wolf would like Pennsylvania to be the 12th. Public opinion polls in Pennsylvania have shown a majority of those asked were in favor of legalizing marijuana, as did a report released Wednesday from Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s statewide listening tour on legalizing marijuana. According to the report, the legalization of recreational marijuana has the support of 86 percent in Beaver County.


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