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East Stroudsburg, PA
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HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow for medical marijuana use.
The House passed an amended version of Senate Bill 3 by a vote of 149-43 Wednesday.
Representatives passed multiple amendments to the bill on Monday and Tuesday.
The Senate originally approved the bill last May by a vote of 40 to 7.
Senate Bill 3 will allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients in pill, oil, and liquid form.
The medical conditions covered by the bill include:
Cancer
HIV/AIDS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Parkinson’s disease
Multiple sclerosis
Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity
Epilepsy
Inflammatory bowel disease
Neuropathies
Huntington’s disease
Crohn’s disease
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Intractable seizures
Glaucoma
Sickle cell anemia
Severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is contraindicated or ineffective
Autism
“Terminally ill:” A medical prognosis of life expectancy of approximately one year or less if the illness runs its normal course.
The bill will now go back to the Senate for a final vote before it can head to the governor’s desk.
Governor Wolf has said he will sign legislation for medical marijuana.
Please contact your government Rep so that we may be able to get this law passed.
Source: http://wnep.com/2016/03/16/pa-house-passes-medical-marijuana-bill/
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