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It’s been more than a year and a half since Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the Keystone State, and there’s finally a light at the end of the bureaucratic tunnel.
At a press conference at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Wednesday, Pennsylvania’s director of the Office of Medical Marijuana, John Collins, and Health Secretary and Physician General, Rachel Levine, told a crowd of residents and reporters that the state’s limited medical marijuana program would be up and running within six months, promising access to patients by May of 2018 at the very latest, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
“You have my commitment: It’s going to happen,” Collins said.
In addition to the firm timetable, Collins and Levine announced the activation of an online registry portal that will allow Pennsylvania patients, physicians, and caregivers to help residents apply for the program and find local certifying doctors and dispensaries in their area.
We’re #onestepcloser to getting medical marijuana to patients who desperately need relief & on track to deliver…
