Pennsylvania Is ‘Substantially Closer’ To Legalizing Marijuana With Vote Coming As Soon As This Month, Lawmaker Says

The Truth on Weed: What Pennsylvania Can Learn from Other States’ Mistakes

As Pennsylvania considers legalizing the commercial sale of marijuana for recreational use, a growing chorus of voices is urging our leaders to pause—and listen. At the 2025 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, the panel discussion “Truth on Weed: Examining the Harm with Marijuana Legalization”—hosted and moderated by Dan Bartkowiak, Chief Strategy Officer at Pennsylvania Family Institute—brought together expert perspectives on the devastating co…

Pennsylvania Is ‘Substantially Closer’ To Legalizing Marijuana With Vote Coming As Soon As This Month, Lawmaker Says

The Pennsylvania legislature is "substantially closer" to reaching a deal on marijuana legalization, and an initial vote on a bipartisan cannabis reform bill could come as early as this month, a Democratic lawmaker says. Rep. Emily Kinkead (D), who has sponsoring adult-use marijuana legalization legislation, spoke about the status of negotiations around the issue in an interview with The Philadelphia Citizen that was published on Wednesday. Whil…