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Legalization Advocate Pushes Pa. Court To Reclassify Pot

Pennsylvania’s classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug with no accepted medical use runs counter to the state’s own medical marijuana program and should be eliminated, a defense attorney and legalization advocate told a Superior Court of Pennsylvania panel Wednesday.

Medical marijuana and guns: the choice between medicine and firearms

Nearly 12,000 people have signed up for Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program. A law, created in 2016, gives people under a physician’s care access to medical marijuana if they suffer from 17 qualifying conditions. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), cancer and epilepsy are on the list, among others. But a new hurdle could make the choices of patients even more difficult. Due to federal law, any illegal drug use disqualifies a person from owning or puchasing a firearm.