Pubdate: Mon, 18 Apr 2016
Source: Washington Post (DC)
Copyright: 2016 Associated Press
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STATE ENACTS LAW FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE

(AP) - Pennsylvania has become the 24th state to legalize a 
comprehensive medical marijuana program.

Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed the bill into law Sunday afternoon 
surrounded by a jubilant crowd of supporters at the Capitol building 
in Harrisburg.

"Marijuana is medicine, and it's coming to Pennsylvania," said state 
Sen. Daylin Leach (D), the bill's co-sponsor.

The bill's drafters said it could take two years to write regulations 
and open retail outlets, but a provision allows parents to legally 
administer medical marijuana to their children before the legislation 
takes effect in a month.
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