Medical Marijuana Rollout a Slow Process in Pennsylvania
It's been six months since Gov. Tom Wolf signed a law legalizing medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, and already some seriously ill children have access to the drug.
But qualifying adults won't be able to get medical marijuana until the program is fully in place in early 2018.
By this fall, the state Health Department expects to publish temporary regulations for growers and processors, and by year's end for dispensaries, physicians, patients, caregivers and laboratories.
The state already has approved more than 50 applications for caregivers to bring medical marijuana into the state for sick children.
A look at how the program is developing:
THE BACKDROP: A NEW LAW AND DEVELOPING PROGRAM
The law sets standards for tracking plants, certifying physicians and licensing growers, dispensaries and physicians. Patients will be able to take marijuana in pill, oil, vapor, ointment or liquid form but won't be able to legally obtain marijuana to smoke...
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