[ad_1] A pair of Pennsylvania lawmakers want to create new opportunities for farmers in the state to grow medical marijuana. State House Reps. Melissa L. Shusterman and Ismail Smith-Wade-El, both Democrats, filed a memo to colleagues on Monday detailing their plans to introduce legislation that “would allow Pennsylvania farmers to grow medical cannabis,” local news station WHTM reported. “It is crucial that Pennsylvanians have accessible and equitable entry into the burgeoning medical cannabis industry. Currently,…
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[ad_1] Marijuana-related criminal cases are clogging local courts in Pennsylvania and putting an unnecessary burden on scarce law enforcement resources, according to a new study from a justice reform advocacy organization. The Lehigh Valley Justice Institute, a nonpartisan research and advocacy group based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, reviewed 27,826 criminal cases of all kinds prosecuted in Lehigh County and Northampton County between January 2018 and March 2021. The group’s analysis found that “marijuana criminalization slows our…
"Study Finds Weed Cases Are Clogging Pennsylvania Courts"