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Pennsylvania is poised to legalize marijuana if Democrats lead state Senate (whyy.org)
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[–] 19 points 1 month ago (23 children)

It’s still illegal in PA?!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    You still can't buy alcohol at a gas station in PA unless it has seating. It is not a forward thinking state.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I'd say that's a legit good thing, but then again my Euro brain can't comprehend why someone would bother going to a gas station to buy alcohol when there's a corner shop almost everywhere that has cheaper shit.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    In the US, gas stations are the corner shops outside of urban areas.

    But in PA, even corner shops can't sell alcohol without the proper licenses. You've got to go to a specially licensed beer distributor or wine & spirits store. Grocery stores just recently were allowed and they're limited to beer and wine. A corner shop could get around this by providing seating and getting a license meant for restaurants to serve alcohol. Even then, hard liquor is only found at the state run wine and spirits stores.

    At least that's my current understanding. It's stupidly convoluted so I probably got something wrong. I don't even know where breweries without seating fall into the mix.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    There's medical, and anxiety is one of the conditions, so you need to pay to talk to a doctor to get certified for a card. So more or less legal with the tax being paying for recertification and a new card every year. But you can buy ounces of 30% buds for $140, so it is definitely better than when it was illegal.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I can drive 5 minutes to NJ and get really good stuff with the lowest taxes of the surrounding states. It is kind of crazy that every state touching PA has it recreational, yet we don’t.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I've found the prices better in PA medical. I was without a card for a bit and was shopping in Jersey for a bit.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Yeah I would expect medical to be a lot cheaper. Jersey is only 6% which is really good compared to Delaware, Maryland and NY. Let’s not even talk about Illinois their taxes are dependent on how much THC is present in a concentrate or oil.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I've been thinking about getting my medical card. There's a distributor right down the road from me and I've had some wonderful gummies by way of friends that have the card.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Yeah it’s a small model of the US, Philly and Pittsburg on the coasts and nothing but red in the middle, that keep the state from progressing. It’s also full of religious nuts, and from what I have heard is that the Amish are highly against it, as it would cut into their hemp sales.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Yup, it's, Philly, Pittsburgh, and Alabama in between! Also one of 4 states with current organized chapters of the KKK. Anecdotally, a few of my friends went spelunking in a local cave system near Lancaster back in college. They exited one of the side access tunnels right next to a house with an active Klan cookout. People in full robes. My friends went back in the cave very quickly.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    The Amish really aren't a political entity in Pennsylvania.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    That’s what they want people to think. They are ass holes who are off the grid so they don’t have to pay taxes. Yet they have no problem using wireless technology. Go to any Amish market and you will see all the young Amish kids on their phones. They will talk shit about you in front of your face speaking in their distorted Dutch.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The Amish are selling it too. I’m surprised they’re against it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Yeah they sell “hemp” not cannabis, same as all the southern states so they can get around the laws they pushed to enact. It’s just crazy. If cannabis is legal to buy at a store then no one would buy their dirt weed at a farmers market.

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