A Pennsylvania GOP senator says the state is “getting close” to legalizing marijuana, but the job will only get done if House and Senate leaders sit down with the governor and “work it out.”
At a rally organized by ResponsiblePA on Tuesday, Sens. Dan Laughlin (R), Sharif Street (D) and other champions of cannabis reform discussed the push for legalization, regional dynamics and the federal rescheduling action.
Laughlin described himself as “one of the most unlikely advocates for legalizing adult-use cannabis” who was “as anti-pot as you could be” during his early career in the Senate. But at a picnic one year, a conversation with his son led him to reverse course.
“He was advocating that we should legalize adult-use cannabis, and I rolled my eyes at him. And he said that, ‘I can make a text and have cannabis delivered to the house here probably in 20 minutes. It’s faster than Amazon,’” the senator recalled. “I was like, ‘jeez, I guess we’ve reached that point in society.’ That was kind of a pivotal moment for me.”
The senator, who filed a legalization bill alongside Street last year, said it’s “ridiculous” that cannabis is legally accessible in the state’s existing
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