Pennsylvania would run afoul of federal drug law if an adult-use marijuana legalization proposal involving state-run retail outlets becomes law.
That’s according to a recent analysis commissioned by the Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition (PCC), an organization whose members include many of the multistate operators that currently hold medical cannabis licenses in the state.
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State lawmakers indicated in December they plan to reintroduce a marijuana legalization proposal that would see sales confined to state-run retail outlets overseen by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.
That’s how alcohol is sold in the state, but such a setup would shut out the MSOs currently selling medical cannabis.
The proposal also would require the state liquor authority to “distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent” to sell recreational marijuana,
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