Submitted by Designer_Scallion718 t3_1027bs4 in Pennsylvania
Being able to grow a few plants at a time will save my family thousands every year.
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AlVic40117560_ t1_j2ry0jj wrote
And at that point, the big companies that run the legalized market will lobby to keep home grow illegal and limit who can legally sell.
ILikeMyGrassBlue t1_j2spv5v wrote
Already there lol. Big companies run the med program and are already lobbying against homegrow.
discogeek t1_j2rmdjq wrote
That's not really how it works in Harrisburg. Literally thousands of bills are written every session, and only a fraction of them ever come up for a vote. Just because a Senator or Representative authors a bill, that's not a guarantee it'll be considered at all.
That being said, you're starting on the right path to do what we (the public) need to do to get our government to work for us, instead of Pennsylvania's long-standing requirement that we work for Harrisburg.
Contact your state representative and state senator. Be agreeable yet persistent. If they tell you they support the bill, ask if they're working to advance it in committee and toward a vote on the floor.
Legislators don't obsess over how they love writing legislation as a means to get re-elected, they focus on doing the bare minimum for as many people as possible to make them content enough to vote for them again. Make sure they understand when you're talking to them that "pro-marijuana" stance isn't enough, for you you're also requiring active participation.
Get your friends to do the same. One person can start the ball rolling but an army of activists are going to see better results quicker.
Designer_Scallion718 OP t1_j2rst31 wrote
I contacted my local rep and he said that sb1024 is dead. It would need to be reintroduced, and to contact rep Sharif Street. It’s frustrating that we don’t have the same rights as many other states do with home grow laws enacted.
TyeDyeAmish t1_j2t3x7n wrote
Sweet! The republicans have screwed up progress again!
Impressive_Bus11 t1_j2tqfxy wrote
Republicans getting in the way of what their constituents want (and eventually taking credit when it passes down the road)?! Shocking! I can't believe it!
/sarcasm
gkrash t1_j2srqfs wrote
They just started a new session today (swearing in happened this morning) so hopefully it can be reintroduced.. with all the craziness in the senate and house right now though I’m not sure how fast it’d come up (or if at all with the with the folks in the majority).
Bird_Brain4101112 t1_j2s5z35 wrote
That’s how state laws work. What’s okay in one state may not be in another. On the flip side, there are likely laws in other states that you dislike but don’t have to worry about because you don’t live there.
BoopBoop20 t1_j2rvfdf wrote
Honestly, your best bet is to move if you really want to be on the legal end of things to one of the following states;
Alaska
California
Colorado
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Nevada
Oregon
Vermont
Virginia **NEW
Washington
If moving isn’t an option; just grow a couple plants dude. Just don’t be stupid about it, don’t grow like 20, grow like 3-5. Have a good ventilation system and you’ll be fine.
TRUMP_IN_PRISON t1_j2sdpgs wrote
Add Maryland to the list starting this summer.
Key_Text_169 t1_j2so6wl wrote
And NJ
Key_Text_169 t1_j2so38t wrote
And CT
OozeAndOz t1_j2se8ns wrote
New York is much closer and you can have up to 6 plants.
vogelsyn t1_j2suphq wrote
I moved half an hour away to New York state. before that I had a PA medical card. It was expensive. $300 every 2 weeks. and even that's just like a couple 8th's of flower. One time I had a vape cart that was just an empty box with a foam filler in it. Gee, thx. Can't even open the package to see that you got what you paid $60 for a half gram vape cart.
NY state surprised the heck out of me. We were over there on April 1st when it passed. "Smoke anywhere you smoke tobacco" The tobacco laws got really strict in NY, but then they added that, and Yeah, that's done right, IMO.
ozzy_og_kush t1_j2u6ew2 wrote
All bills from last session need to be reintroduced if their sponsors intend to try again. Alternatively, other similar bills may get introduced by other legislators. I was hoping we'd get fewer, better bills this session, but I see a few cosponsor memos already. It's still early in the session, and I suppose it depends who the majority leader ends up being. See https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOcs/Legis/CSM/DisplayMemos.cfm?Chamber=H&SPick=20230&filter=A&filterChamber=B&Subject=marijuana and https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOcs/Legis/CSM/DisplayMemos.cfm?Chamber=H&SPick=20230&filter=A&filterChamber=B&Subject=cannabis for a list (there will be some overlap, one searches for 'marijuana', the other 'cannabis').
sportyridr t1_j2v67tp wrote
"That's not really how it works in Harrisburg. "
This was the best, thank you for the smile...
NOTHING works in Harrisburg
When the right money flows it will be passed just like that...until then
I'll do me, you do you :)
Chuck1705 t1_j2suhno wrote
Not any time soon Cheech.
[deleted] t1_j2rps90 wrote
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[deleted] t1_j2rq642 wrote
Bruh…hasn’t even been sworn in as senator and it’s completely seperate 🫡
CityOfChamps09 t1_j2rrzvi wrote
I swear these people are like fucking robots; incapable of critical thought and just bleat out whatever their deluded brains tell them to unfiltered.
steelceasar t1_j2rxgc2 wrote
>bleat out whatever their deluded brains tell them
I think part of the issue is that it's not their brains coming up with the ideas. They allow pundits, like Tucker Carlson, to literally inject stupid into them, and they run with it.
CityOfChamps09 t1_j2s1b4p wrote
Oh, I know that those pundits are a major problem, but the worst of these individuals do their "own research" and are QPuppets.
steelceasar t1_j2s33yh wrote
That's fair
[deleted] t1_j2s0x9w wrote
They take the first chance to try and make everything political with lacking the awareness that if it wasn’t for Tom Wolfe MMJ patients would all be smoking Street carts rn 😩
CityOfChamps09 t1_j2s1j2e wrote
> Tom Wolf
You mean the literal Nazi who barred my door during lockdown and fined me for walking to the end of my driveway to get my mail?! #unmaskPA
/s... Just in case
justasque t1_j2srzlv wrote
Fetterman is a federal senator, not a state senator. He can work on federal legality, but doesn’t have a vote on state law.
(In contrast, Mastriano, who ran for governor is still a state senator. He has a vote on state-level bills. I’m guessing he is anti-homegrow.)
Atrocious_1 t1_j2u0atk wrote
Don't understand the difference between the federal government and state, huh?
defusted t1_j2rk243 wrote
They aren't going to let anyone grow their own until it's recreationally legal