I’ve been fighting to legalize adult-use cannabis in Pennsylvania for nearly a decade – not because it’s politically fashionable, but because it’s the right thing to do for our economy, our communities and our commonwealth.
We face a moment of reckoning. Our public transit systems, including in Philadelphia, are at risk of catastrophic service cuts. SEPTA faces a $240 million budget shortfall. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania is staring down a budget deficit, with no clear path to close the gap.
It doesn’t have to be this way. We have a proven, bipartisan, revenue-generating solution on the table: legalizing adult-use cannabis and using that revenue to reinvest in transit, jobs and justice…