A top GOP Pennsylvania senator who has long expressed concerns about marijuana legalization told advocates on Tuesday that she’s against arresting people over cannabis, noting that the policy change could protect her son and disclosing that if it weren’t for marijuana, she might not have met her husband, according to an activist who spoke with her.
As Pennsylvania’s legislature reconvenes amid rising pressure to enact legalization, advocates view the comments from Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R) as a positive sign that the dam on cannabis reform measures might be weakening in the commonwealth.
Ward is “in the position of being the bottleneck of any bills that are going through as far as marijuana reform legislation goes,” Chris Goldstein, a longtime advocate who serves as a regional organizer for NORML and discussed the issue with Ward, told Marijuana Moment on Wednesday.
“She has been one of our loudest opponents in many ways, and she has told many activists and fellow legislators that she simply will not let things go through—and has followed through with that promise for many years,” he said. And while there are multiple bipartisan modest and comprehensive cannabis reform measures on the table in Pennsylvania this
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