At a press conference Monday morning, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale discussed the benefits that would come from regulating and taxing marijuana in Pennsylvania. 

He estimates that Pennsylvania could gain around $200 million, and believes that would be a recurring number. 

Noting the ethical dilemma that may arise for Pennsylvania attorneys engaged in consultation with individuals or businesses looking to understand the implications of Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act, the Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently adopted a new rule making it permissible for attorneys to consult with clients about “conduct expressly permitted under Pennsylvania law.”

Advocates for legalizing medical marijuana joined together in the Capitol Tuesday afternoon to encourage lawmakers to consider further expanding legalization for recreational use.

Coming on the heels of State College recently joining Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana, Gov. Tom Wolf in two different radio appearances Monday said small amounts of marijuana should be decriminalized statewide.

 

“I ran on that back in 2014, calling for the decriminalization of recreational marijuana [and] the legalization of medical marijuana,” he said on an appearance on 1020 AM KDKA radio’s afternoon news program. “I have been consistent in calling for the decriminalization.”