Street-Laughlin
Proyecto de ley de legalización del consumo de marihuana por adultos
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Pennsylvanians are ready to end this cruel, irrational and expensive policy on cannabis, and this legislation will do just that. This legislation will end Pennsylvania’s prohibition on cannabis and would legalize cannabis for adult-use in Pennsylvania. Consider signing your name to our list of citizen co-sponsors!
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Adult Use Cannabis in PA
The Laughlin-Street Bipartisan Adult Use Marijuana Legalization Bill prioritizes safety, social and economic equity and, engages Pennsylvania’s agricultural industry. Their proposal ensures the vitality of Pennsylvania’s world-class medical marijuana industry while creating thousands of jobs and generating hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue for the Commonwealth.
Safe and Legal
Sets the minimum marijuana consumption age at 21 years old; mandates age verification for every purchase.
Bans any marketing directed toward children and provides the appropriate deterrence to keep marijuana out of the hands of anyone under 21 years old.
Empowers law enforcement with the means to adjudicate driving under the influence, and, to pursue and eradicate an illicit market.
Provides clarity and consistency for workplace rules regarding marijuana use for all those operating in good faith and protects the Second Amendment rights of all Pennsylvanians.
Social and Economic Equity
Expunges non-violent marijuana convictions and decriminalizes marijuana up to a certain limit.
Creates licenses for social and economic equity applicants and establishes that the majority of new licensees are granted to social and economic applicants.
Leverages Pennsylvania’s existing medical marijuana licensees to fulfill demand on an enhanced timetable while providing social and economic equity licensees the capital and know-how to succeed.
Implements a Business Development Fund, administered by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, to support loans, grants, and studies.
Micro Cultivation Licenses will allow Anyone with an interest the opportunity to participate in the emerging cannabis market.
Agricultural Engagement
New Tax Revenue and Jobs
News
Street y Laughlin presentan un enfoque bipartidista para la legalización de la marihuana en Pensilvania
HARRISBURG - 19 de mayo 2023 - Los senadores Sharif Street (D-3) y Dan Laughlin (R-49) anunciaron que presentarán una legislación bipartidista para legalizar el uso adulto de la marihuana en Pensilvania. "Tenemos una oportunidad única y singular para corregir décadas de encarcelamiento masivo,...
El senador Street impulsa un proyecto de ley de banca segura para el cannabis
Harrisburg, PA - 31 de marzo de 2022 - Ayer el Comité de Banca y Seguros del Senado de Pensilvania aprobó por unanimidad el SB1167, nuestro proyecto de ley bipartidista de banca de cannabis. Avanzamos con un paso importante en el desmantelamiento de otra piedra angular de la prohibición del cannabis por...
Philly voters overwhelmingly want to legalize marijuana. Harrisburg should listen. | Opinion
If state lawmakers are on the fence and need any direction, maybe a signal from the Keystone State’s biggest city should persuade them. I wasn’t kidding when I said Pennsylvania is ready for legalization back on 4/20. On Election Day, Philadelphians flexed their...
Senators Street and Laughlin Introduce First Bi-Partisan Bill to Legalize the Adult Use of Cannabis in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA − Octubre 12, 2021 − State Senator Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and State Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced bipartisan legislation this week to legalize the adult use of marijuana in Pennsylvania. The bill establishes rational and...
Sen. Street Amends PA Medical Marijuana Program Improving Patient Access and Affordability
Harrisburg, Pa. – Junio 26, 2021 – During budget negotiations Senator Sharif Street offered amendments to HB 1024 impacting Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program Fund (MMPF). Street also championed an amendment that allows those with felony convictions to be...
Los senadores de Pensilvania presentan un proyecto de ley histórico y bipartidista para la legalización del consumo de marihuana por adultos
Los senadores Dan Laughlin y Sharif Street defienden un proyecto de ley de legalización del consumo de adultos que hace hincapié en la seguridad y la equidad social y económica HARRISBURG, PA - 24 de febrero de 2021 - Hoy, el senador estatal Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) y el senador estatal Sharif Street (D-Filadelfia)...
Los demócratas del Senado urgen liderazgo en el uso de adultos
HARRISBURG, PA − Julio 9, 2020 − The pandemic has created unprecedented budget challenges in Pennsylvania. Senator Street sent the following letter to Governor Wolf and Senate leadership at urging them to consider legalizing cannabis to raise revenue in the fall. ...
Pennsylvania Aims To Move Forward Both On Medicinal & Adult Use Cannabis Programs
A new effort to legalize recreational cannabis is coming to the Keystone State. Pennsylvania lawmakers Daylin Leach and Sharif Street are hoping to build support for their latest proposal, Senate Bill 350 which they introduced on Octubre 15th. The bill would allow for...
PA Senators Introduce Legalized Recreational Marijuana Bill
Democratic Senators Daylin Leach and Sharif Street submitted the Adult Use Cannabis bill on Oct.15, a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana use for adults 21 and over across Pennsylvania, raising $500 million in tax dollars to schools in Pennsylvania. If the...