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Local news from StateCollege.com and Centre County Partners. Read about Top Pa. Drug Official Denies Blame for Botched Medical Marijuana Guidance, but Her Claims Don’t Add Up and more from the State College, PA region
Despite records and interviews that contradict her account, Jennifer Smith continues to contend the state’s drug oversight agency was not responsible for confusion that wrongly barred some people from addiction treatment.
The leader of a state agency that failed to clarify rules around addiction treatment and medical marijuana — an action that had serious consequences — continued to deny blame while speaking before state lawmakers this month.