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Scranton's zoning law likely won't block a proposed medical marijuana growing facility in lower Green Ridge and some neighbors say they don't mind the plant anyway. Pat Hinton, director of licensing, inspections and permits, said the law does not specifically list a medical marijuana...

A complete list of companies that want to grow and process medical marijuana in Pennsylvania was released Friday by the state Department of Health. If all goes as planned, the state will award 12 of the coveted growing permits by the end of June. An announcement of the winners could come as...

For the first time in decades, industrial hemp is growing legally in Pennsylvania in research plots around the state. "It's just a field littered with dried cornstalks now, but in just a few weeks, a 3-acre plot in Upper Saucon Township should be covered with a thick layer of green not seen...

The greater Lehigh Valley scored a handful of the first 16 industrial hemp research projects approved by the state Department of Agriculture. Lehigh University researchers and the Berks County-based Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council will partner on three different projects, and the Rodale...

There were 19,730 people arrested in Pennsylvania last year for having less than 30 grams of marijuana. That is equal to heroin, cocaine, meth, opiates, and all other drug possession arrests combined, according to my new review of data in the Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System...

Saying that public sentiment is shifting and deficit-wracked Pennsylvania could reap millions from the move, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale on Monday endorsed legalizing and taxing recreational marijuana. "The regulation-and-taxation-of-marijuana train has rumbled out of the station...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. - According to Pennsylvania's Auditor General, the marijuana industry is expected to bring in $20 billion in revenue and offer 280,000 jobs in the next decade. He wants to bring the recreational marijuana industry right here to Pennsylvania all in an effort to help tackle the...

Harrisburg, Pa. - From sunrise to well past sunset all week at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, Shawn House has been in sales mode. The owner of Hempzels in Lancaster County is convincing people to try his food products at his Main Hall stand. His soft pretzels are the main seller. Sourdough...

Too often in recent years, Heather Skorinko has struggled to make money growing corn and soybeans on her North Whitehall Township farm, which has been in the family for more than 120 years. She has especially grown weary of the uncertainty sown by ever-fluctuating prices. Corn farmers have seen...

Sunbury, Pa. – Pennsylvania farmers are being invited to participate in a newly developed pilot research program that will contribute toward a better understanding of what could be a new cash crop in the commonwealth and across the country. "Hemp has a long history here in Pennsylvania, and...

Zullinger, Pa. – A marijuana-growing and -processing company is eyeing Wharf Road Industrial Park in Washington Township, Pa., as a place to develop greenhouses and employ about 50 workers, if the company is approved for one of Pennsylvania's first medical-marijuana production licenses...

A long-awaited rule change adopted recently by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court removed an ethical risk at the state level for lawyers who handle matters related to medical marijuana. Pennsylvania lawyers may now work with their medical marijuana clients without fear of action by the state's...

A long-awaited rule change adopted recently by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court removed an ethical risk at the state level for lawyers who handle matters related to medical marijuana. Pennsylvania lawyers may now work with their medical marijuana clients without fear of action by the state's...

Pennsylvania recently enacted a medical marijuana statute. This Act clouds the rights of employers and is another hit to Pennsylvania's employment-at-will doctrine. Nevertheless, even in Pennsylvania, marijuana remains an illegal substance under the Federal Controlled Substances Act, and...

Pennsylvania recently enacted a medical marijuana statute. This Act clouds the rights of employers and is another hit to Pennsylvania's employment-at-will doctrine. Nevertheless, even in Pennsylvania, marijuana remains an illegal substance under the Federal Controlled Substances Act, and...

Harrisburg - The state moved a few steps closer to setting up a medical marijuana program on Tuesday as the health department posted draft rules for dispensaries and said temporary regulations for growers and processors would be made public in a few days. The draft regulations for...

Harrisburg - The state moved a few steps closer to setting up a medical marijuana program on Tuesday as the health department posted draft rules for dispensaries and said temporary regulations for growers and processors would be made public in a few days. The draft regulations for...

Prohibition of marijuana is ending across the country but Pennsylvania is still arresting 18,000 people a year for holding less than 30 grams of pot. Most of these cannabis enthusiasts avoid jail, yet face an expensive and often a long-term entanglement with the criminal justice system...

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) is pleased that legislation allowing agriculture-related universities in Pennsylvania to grow and research products associated with industrial hemp under the supervision of the state Department of Agriculture has been signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf. The...

The Berks County Community Foundation is planning to host a panel discussion in October on the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana for recreational use in Pennsylvania. The Oct. 10 talk is part of the group's "Consider It" series and will include national experts on the topic. The following...