Pennsylvania Legalization By The Numbers
The Day 1 Promise
- The Day 1 Promise means learning from other states’ experience with legalization, and ensuring that safe, accessible, and regulated adult use cannabis is available throughout the Commonwealth on day one.
The Day 1 Promise has four pillars:
- Keeping communities safe
- Moving from an illicit cannabis market to sales that are taxed and regulated
- Providing for communities impacted by cannabis prohibition, and
- Creating economic opportunities for Pennsylvanians.
That’s the Day 1 Promise.
Moving PA Forward
Pennsylvania lawmakers can and should legalize adult use cannabis in 2024.
Creating an adult-use cannabis market will create a new economy, new jobs and a new source of revenue for the state. State economists estimate that first-year legal sales could yield nearly $14.8 million. Revenue and job creation will continue to increase each year, with the state projecting the industry adding more than $250 million at full maturity.
Adult use cannabis is already in Pennsylvania; however, it’s illicit, untested, untaxed, unregulated, and accessible to children. The decision is not whether to have adult use cannabis or not—it’s what should it look like in the Commonwealth. Legalizing cannabis allows Pennsylvania to reduce the harm caused by illicit markets, including drug-related violence and unsafe products. A regulated environment ensures consumer protection, youth prevention, and responsible use education.
Together, we can move Pennsylvania’s economy forward, ignite a job boom, harvest the tools needed to allow small businesses to thrive in the Commonwealth, and increase public health and safety.
The Time Is Now
2/3 of Pennsylvanian’s support legalization of cannabis.
- The time is now to legalize an adult-use cannabis program in Pennsylvania.
- The time is now to put the Commonwealth state on equal standing with neighboring states who recognize the failed drug policies of the past.
- Legalizing cannabis is a critical step towards addressing the disproportionate impact of cannabis prohibition on marginalized communities.
- It offers a chance to rectify past injustices, reduce unnecessary incarcerations, reallocate law enforcement resources to more serious and violent crimes, and create centers of social equity and innovation.
Our state can also recognize personal freedom and individual rights of Pennsylvanians through legalization. Adults should have the right to make their own choices about cannabis consumption in a legal, regulated framework.
In The News
ResponsiblePA: Senate Committee Vote is A Step Toward Comprehensive Cannabis Regulation
(HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 21) - Following today's bipartisan Senate Law & Justice Committee vote to establish a cannabis regulatory framework, the ResponsiblePA coalition issued the following statement: "Today's vote is the [...]
Unregulated Intoxicating Hemp Products Flooding Pennsylvania Market: New Villanova University Study Underscores the Need for Comprehensive Cannabinoid Regulation GalleryUnregulated Intoxicating Hemp Products Flooding Pennsylvania Market: New Villanova University Study Underscores the Need for Comprehensive Cannabinoid Regulation
Unregulated Intoxicating Hemp Products Flooding Pennsylvania Market: New Villanova University Study Underscores the Need for Comprehensive Cannabinoid Regulation
Study Shows 87% of Consumers Believe These Products are Regulated Philadelphia, (Oct. 8) – A comprehensive new study from Jeremy Kees, Ph.D with Villanova’s School of Business, reveals that 87% of Pennsylvanians [...]
Trump Signals Move To Reschedule Cannabis
Harrisburg, PA (Aug. 15) — President Trump announced Monday that he will decide “over the next few weeks” whether to reclassify marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, moving it from Schedule I [...]
PA Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis in Pennsylvania: ResponsiblePA Applauds Move as a Critical Budget Component to Bring In Necessary State Revenue GalleryPA Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis in Pennsylvania: ResponsiblePA Applauds Move as a Critical Budget Component to Bring In Necessary State Revenue
PA Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis in Pennsylvania: ResponsiblePA Applauds Move as a Critical Budget Component to Bring In Necessary State Revenue
HARRISBURG, PA (July 10) — Today, Sens. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced a landmark bipartisan proposal, Senate Bill 120, to legalize adult-use cannabis in Pennsylvania. The effort marks a [...]
PA Senate Votes Down State-Run Cannabis Model: Encourages Bipartisan Talks to Get Legalization Done Right
Today, in a hearing of the Senate Law and Justice Committee, the Pennsylvania Senate shot down the adult-use cannabis legalization bill that had previously passed the PA House last week along partyline [...]
Adult-Use Cannabis Bill Advances out of PA House: ResponsiblePA Says Important First Step Cleared and Calls for Critical Improvements
(Harrisburg, Pa., May, 7) — Today, an adult-use cannabis legalization bill advanced through the PA House by a vote of 102 to 101, the first time for an adult-use cannabis legalization bill [...]