A Pennsylvania lawmaker is planning to introduce laws that may enable small companies and farmers to domesticate hashish for the state’s medical hashish program, the Center Square studies. Democratic Rep. Melissa Shusterman’s invoice would create hashish trade licenses particularly for farmers and small companies because the state presently solely permits a restricted variety of licenses per regulatory zone.
The invoice would open up 75 new permits for small companies and farmers.
“Pennsylvanians shouldn’t have hassle accessing remedy prescribed by a health care provider for reduction from ache and illness. The restrictions positioned on growers and processors hurts small companies, farmers and sufferers alike. … Research have repeatedly proven the advantages of medical marijuana for sure medical circumstances. It’s unfair that solely massive corporations dominate the market and harm customers and small companies.” — Shusterman by way of the Middle Sq.
Shusterman added that the laws would additionally work to alleviate the availability chain state of affairs within the state’s medical hashish market.
Throughout remarks on the Home flooring in Might, Shusterman stated that “all medical marijuana presently offered in Pennsylvania dispensaries comes from out-of-state” and the invoice would “equip…small farmers with important entry to” the hashish trade.
“Medical marijuana is right here to remain and we have to give our small farmers each alternative to succeed,” she stated.
From February 2020 to August 2020 — amid the coronavirus pandemic — the variety of weekly affected person visits to Pennsylvania’s medical hashish dispensaries rose greater than 70% from 70,000 to 120,000.
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