Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Issues Ruling in Favor of Medical Marijuana Use and Legitimacy
July 31, 2020
Cannabis Law JournalBy Zach Holdsman and Kelly K. Huff
Last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court took a significant step toward ensuring that Pennsylvania protects medical marijuana patients from unjust punishment. On June 18, 2020, the Court issued an important ruling on a fundamental issue of statutory interpretation of the Medical Marijuana Act (“MMA”), holding that probation policies violate the MMA if they “are constructed upon a presumption that any and all [medical marijuana] use is impermissible.” Gass v. 52nd Judicial Dist., Lebanon Cty., 2020 WL 3272752, 7 (Pa. 2020).
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