Recreational marijuana remains illegal in Pennsylvania. But lawmakers, advocates and even opponents who have spent countless hours debating the topic in Harrisburg say that likely will change soon.

The evidence from other states is unambiguous: over-taxation kills cannabis markets’ ability to displace illicit sales and ...

Local officials in Pennsylvania’s second most populous city are calling on state lawmakers and the governor to urgently agree on a plan to legalize marijuana this year. The Pittsburgh City Council on ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marijuana is fully legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in 24 states in 2025, including five of the six states bordering ...

The coming year is expected to be a pivotal test of Pennsylvania's political will to legalize recreational marijuana, something that nearly every bordering state has done over the last decade. Despite ...

Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers have unveiled a new plan to legalize recreational marijuana, saying the state is an “outlier” in its continued prohibition of cannabis. Democratic Reps. Rick Krajewski ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro proposed legalizing recreational marijuana during his budget address on Tuesday. The Governor’s call echoed his last two budget addresses ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are making another attempt to pass a bill that would legalize adult-use marijuana, following the stalling of a similar Senate bill introduced nearly a year ago. The state ...

A marijuana legalization bill backed by Democrats and passed last week by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will not make it to a vote in the state Senate after a Republican-led panel rejected ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) -- Lawmakers in Harrisburg are once again trying to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania. Most neighboring states already allow it, so lawmakers feel Pennsylvania is ...

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports ...