Pennsylvania’s 2025-2026 Budget Includes Call to Legalize Adult Recreational Marijuana Use to Boost State Revenue

Legalizing marijuana for adults in Pennsylvania – controlled, taxed and administered by the government – could become a cash cow for the commonwealth.

While medical marijuana is legal in Pennsylvania and generates about $6 billion in program sales as of May 1, 2024, recreational adult-use marijuana continues to be outlawed.

Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton (HD-191, Delaware and Philadelphia Counties) said Pennsylvania is surrounded by states which have already legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational adult use. They include Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Ohio…

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