Wolf vows to support Senate’s medical marijuana bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf gave an impromptu audience to parents of children who are suffering daily from debilitating seizures and is vowing to sign a medical marijuana bill that senators are writing.
Tuesday’s greeting in Wolf’s Capitol offices followed a news conference at which Sens. Daylin Leach and Mike Folmer said they plan to broaden their legislation that overwhelmingly passed the Senate last fall.
That bill was opposed by then-Gov. Tom Corbett and it died when the House didn’t act on it at the end of the legislative session.
The senators’ new bill would expand the list of authorized medical conditions to give doctors more leeway. They also plan to expand drug delivery methods to include smoking and vaporization, as well as extracted oils, edible products, ointments and tinctures.