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Pennsylvania: Medical Marijuana: Turning Over on Leaf

by Sean Hocking | Apr 13, 2018 | Cannabis Law Journal, March 2018 | 0 |

In early April, Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Board (Board) delivered a report to the Department of Health (DOH) recommending changes to the medical marijuana program. Among the proposed reforms – recognizing additional medical conditions as cannabis-treatable (neurodegenerative diseases, dyskinetic and spastic movement disorders, opioid addiction treatment and terminal illness), allowing physicians to opt out of DOH’s public registry, and allowing licensed dispensaries to sell cannabis in dry leaf and flower form.

Andrew Sacks: Cannabis Dispensary 1000 Foot Rule In Pennsylvania

by Sean Hocking | Apr 4, 2018 | Cannabis Law Journal, March 2018 | 0 |

There are hundreds of day-care centers just in Philadelphia. The “thousand-foot rule” means that there are almost no potential dispensary locations in the city, and that patients must travel to the suburbs, or to the far corners of Philadelphia, to purchase their medical marijuana. This hardship will be felt most by the old and the needy.

Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Physician Duties

by Sean Hocking | Mar 1, 2018 | March 2018 | 0 |

Patients and caregivers seeking a prescription for medical marijuana in Pennsylvania must register online, obtain a certification from a physician and obtain an identification card from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania: Medical Marijuana: Mandated Marijuana Research in the Commonwealth

by Sean Hocking | Dec 1, 2017 | December 2017 | 0 |

Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program contains a unique focus on research and monitoring. Chapter 19 of the Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) requires the establishment of a research program “to study the impact of medical marijuana on the treatment and symptom management of serious medical conditions.

Pennsylvania: The Year in Review of the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act

by Sean Hocking | May 29, 2017 | June 2017 | 0 |

They said it would never happen. They said the General Assembly was too conservative. They said Pennsylvania, a state where until recently the sale of booze on Sundays was frowned upon, would never permit and regulate medical marijuana. Well, one year after Governor Wolf signed Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (“Act”) into law, it has become abundantly clear – they were wrong.

Pennsylvania: The Year in Review of the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act

by Sean Hocking | Mar 5, 2017 | Cannabis Law Journal, March 2017 | 0 |

They said it would never happen. They said the General Assembly was too conservative. They said Pennsylvania, a state where until recently the sale of alcohol on Sundays was frowned upon, would never permit and regulate medical marijuana.

USA / Pennsylvania: Will Hospitals and Teaching Institutions Take the Plunge Into Medical Cannabis?

by Sean Hocking | Nov 23, 2016 | December 2016 | 0 |

Authored By: David Kotler, Esq. Will Hospitals and Teaching Institutions Take the Plunge Into...

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Pennsylvania: Medical Marijuana: Turning Over on Leaf

Andrew Sacks: Cannabis Dispensary 1000 Foot Rule In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Physician Duties

Pennsylvania: Medical Marijuana: Mandated Marijuana Research in the Commonwealth

Pennsylvania: The Year in Review of the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act

Pennsylvania: The Year in Review of the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act

USA / Pennsylvania: Will Hospitals and Teaching Institutions Take the Plunge Into Medical Cannabis?

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