PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Support for medicinal marijuana reached a high-water mark in the Capitol on Friday when the Senate Law and Justice Committee unanimously passed a legalization proposal, but that may be as far as it gets for now.
The first-of-its-kind vote marked the most legislative progress a marijuana-related legalization bill has made in Pennsylvania. Supporters have said they want the proposal to pass before lawmakers go on break for the summer, but Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati said he does not anticipate allowing a vote on the bill as legislators rush to finish a budget before Monday’s deadline.
“I don’t know if that’s an issue we can fully vet,” Scarnati said. But the vote and discussion raise “the level of conversation” on the topic, he said… (more)
