Pennsylvanians want legal marijuana

A new poll released this week by Qunnipiac University shows strong support among Pennsylvania voters for marijuana reform. The data also highlights a huge disconnect between state politicians and the people they represent.

According to the poll an astounding 88 percent of Pa. voters favor medical marijuana. 

A majority, 51 percent, support full legalization for adults.

Medical cannabis access has been polling above 80 percent in the Keystone State for more than five years. Franklin & Marshall College polls have showed the same result. No other issue or single politician has consistently received that level of support. Ever.

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But lawmakers have moved at an agonizingly slow pace to deliver a law to match public sentiment. The current bill moving through Harrisburg, SB3, proposes an extremely limited scheme allowing for just 10 qualifying medical conditions while prohibiting vaporization and smoking. Under the restrictive plan, registered patients never...

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