Medical marijuana amendments, vote planned in Pennsylvania House

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Pennsylvania's bill to create a medical marijuana program is nearing a vote in the state House of Representatives, where amendments to the proposal abound.

House Majority Leader David Reed, R-Indiana, plans to bring the measure, Senate Bill 3, up for a vote when members return from recess the week of March 14, said Steve Miskin, spokesman for the House Republican leadership.

Passed 40-7 in the Senate last May 12, the bill is bound to go back before the Senate — if passed by the House — because of the amendments to be considered, Miskin said.

"There are more than 200 amendments and they go through the gamut," Miskin told lehighvalleylive.com Wednesday. "Some of them open up to full recreation — that's not by Republican members — and there's some that basically want to restrict it back down to the Stone Ages."

Miskin said he does not believe there is consensus...

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