Legislation filed today in Pennsylvania’s Legislature would legalize the cultivation of marijuana for patients.
Senate Bill 869 was introduced by Senator Sharif Street along with a bipartisan coalition of seven other lawmakers.
Under the proposed law an authorized medical marijuana patient who has “been a resident of this Commonwealth for a period of at least 30 days may cultivate cannabis for personal use”. Patients would be allowed to grow up to six plants at a private residence, in an “enclosed, locked space”.
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