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PENNSYLVANIA LAWMAKERS PRESS LIQUOR REGULATOR ABOUT STATE’S ABILITY TO RUN
MARIJUANA SHOPS DURING JOINT LEGALIZATION HEARING
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Two Pennsylvania legislative panels held a joint hearing to discuss marijuana
legalization on Thursday, with multiple lawmakers asking the state’s top liquor
regulator about the prospect of having that agency run cannabis shops.
Members of the House Health Committee and Liquor Control Committee heard
testimony from a series of experts who also discussed issues such as impaired
driving, workplace drug policies and the need for product testing in a legal
market.
Rep. Dan Frankel (D), chair of the Health Committee, has previously raised the
possibility of pursuing legalization through a state-run model similar to the
one Pennsylvania currently has for alcohol. Several lawmakers took the
opportunity to ask Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) Executive Director
Rodrigo Diaz about that concept at this latest hearing.
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He was asked about the capacity of PLCB being able to manage enhanced ID checks,
security, tax collection product approvals and more. Diaz signaled that the
board would find a way to address the various concerns, but he stressed that “we
don’t advocate—we will do what you tell us.”
“What we’re asking you though is to be cognizant of these issues that you’re
raising and address them so that we’re not just making it up,” he said, adding
that regulators want “clear guidance as to how you want us to address those
kinds of issues.”
Frankel also said at the hearing that the panel has “wrestled with” how to
navigate the workplace safety issue and ensuring that any future policies
“create an environment where people are safe and not wrongly accused of being
impaired.”
Another witness, Ryan Vandrey, who is a professor of behavioral pharmacology at
Johns Hopkins University, walked the committee through alternatives to urine- or
blood-based drug tests, including cognitive impairment tests. He also took
another member’s question about how legalization could mitigate the prevalence
of unregulated products in the market.
“That is one of the strongest arguments for broader legalization of regulated
cannabis products, because there’s been a proliferation of unregulated
cannabinoid products that are essentially the same and, in some cases, even
stronger or more impairing than delta-9 THC,” he said.
“I don’t think they entirely go away and they’ll still exist as a market, but
the market would be much smaller,” Vandrey said. “Research has showed that
that’s happened—that those products are much less available and less likely to
be used in states where adult-use cannabis has been legalized.”
Frankel said in closing remarks that the hearing “helped educate us in a very
meaningful way, and we are taking this seriously as we develop a piece of
legislation to look at adult-use.”
This was the latest in a series of legalization hearings in the Keystone State,
though normally they are convened by the House Health Subcommittee on Health
Care. About two weeks ago, members of that panel had a conversation centered on
social justice and equity considerations for reform.
That took place days after Rep. Amen Brown (D) filed a marijuana legalization
bill that he described as “grounded in safety and social equity.”
At a prior meeting last month, members focused on criminal justice implications
of prohibition and the potential benefits of reform.
At another hearing in February, members looked at the industry perspective, with
multiple stakeholders from cannabis growing, dispensing and testing businesses,
as well as clinical registrants, testifying.
At the subcommittee’s previous cannabis meeting in December, members heard
testimony and asked questions about various elements of marijuana oversight,
including promoting social equity and business opportunities, laboratory testing
and public versus private operation of a state-legal cannabis industry.
And during the panel’s first meeting late last year, Frankel said that state-run
stores are “certainly an option” he’s considering for Pennsylvania, similar to
what New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) recommended for that state last year,
though a state commission later shied away from that plan.
Meanwhile, the cannabis proposal the Brown filed in the House this month is an
identical companion to a bipartisan Senate cannabis legalization measure that
was introduced last year.
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While Pennsylvania lawmakers have put forward legalization bills in the past,
it’s not clear what might serve as the vehicle for reform this year.
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) once again proposed legalization as part of his budget
request in February, seeking to establish a system that would be implemented
starting this summer. But while he suggested certain parameters such as having
the Department of Agriculture regulate the program, there’s not legislative text
yet.
Last month, the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) released a report that found the
state stands to generate $271 million in annual revenue if marijuana is
legalized and taxed according to the governor’s proposal—but it would have been
more if the commonwealth hadn’t been lapped by other neighboring states that
have already enacted the reform.
Meanwhile, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jordan Harris (D) said in a
recent interview that it’s “high time” to legalize marijuana and lay the
groundwork for businesses in the state to export cannabis to other markets if
federal law changes—and he sees a “real opportunity” to do so.
However, the committee’s minority chairman, Rep. Seth Grove (R), said he’s
doubtful that the Democratic-controlled House will be able to craft and deliver
legalization legislation that could advance through the GOP majority Senate.
Pennsylvania lawmakers also recently advanced a pair of bills meant to prevent
police from charging medical cannabis patients with impaired driving without
proof of intoxication.
A Republican senator in Pennsylvania introduced a bill last week meant to remove
state barriers to medical marijuana patients carrying firearms after previewing
the legislation and soliciting co-sponsors earlier this year.
In December, the governor signed a bill to allow all licensed medical marijuana
grower-processors in the state to serve as retailers and sell their cannabis
products directly to patients. Independent dispensaries could also start
cultivating their own marijuana.
A poll released in February found that about two-thirds of Pennsylvania voters
in the state support enacting marijuana legalization.
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