Signed by Governor Tom Wolf

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a medical marijuana program.

Highlights:

• Establishes a medical marijuana program for patients suffering from “serious medical conditions” (Sec. 301).
• Defines “serious medical conditions,” as including, but not limited to, the following conditions (Sec. 103):
• Cancer;
• Positive status for human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
• Parkinson’s disease;
• Epilepsy; and
• Autism.
• Authorizes medical marijuana organizations to grow, acquire, possess, manufacture, sell, deliver, transport, distribute, and dispense medical marijuana (Sec. 701).
• Specifies that medical marijuana may only be administered to a patient in the following forms (Sec. 502):
• Pill;
• Oil;
• Topical forms;
• A form medically appropriate for administration by vaporization or nebulization;
• Tincture; or
• Liquid.
• Prohibits an individual from smoking medical marijuana, incorporating medical marijuana into edible form for purposes other than aiding ingestion, and growing medical marijuana without registration (Sec. 504).
• Requires the program to be administered by the Department of Health (Sec. 301).

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