Medical marijuana: Committee head fears Pa. bill would ‘harm’

HARRISBURG PATRIOT NEWS: One man is blocking the will of the people and preventing them from having legal access to medical marijuana.

That’s the contention of a small group of medical marijuana supporters who rallied Monday and planned to deliver petitions to state Rep. Matt Baker, chair of the house health committee.

The Tioga County Republican has said he doesn’t plan to hold a vote on SB 3, which recently passed the senate 40-7, and which now sits in Baker’s committee. Baker has said Pennsylvania legislators should not allow access to a drug that isn’t approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration… (more)

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