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Laughlin filed a defamation suit over a column written by Jim Wertz, Erie County Democratic Party chairman, and the Erie Reader, which published it.

Pennsylvania Senator Dan Laughlin announces he is to introduce legislation to expand medical cannabis options in the state to include edibles

As state Sens. Dan Laughlin and Sharif Street introduced the commonwealth's first bipartisan bill to legalize recreational marijuana Wednesday, Laughlin, the Erie County Republican, admitted that his position on the issue had changed "180 degrees" since taking office in 2017.  "The final straw was a conversation that I had with one of my kids," said Laughlin, of Millcreek Township, R-49th Dist., the first Republican in the General Assembly to cosponsor a marijuana legalization bill. "He told me that he could have a bag of weed delivered to the house in under an hour and that's better service...

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, accused by US prosecutors of involvement in drug trafficking. (Creative Commons) Marijuana Policy New Mexico Marijuana Legalization Bill Heads for House Floor Vote. A marijuana legalization bill, HB 12, is now headed for a House floor vote after passing the House Taxation and Revenue Committee on an 8-4 vote. The bill has been amended to remove some specific tax revenue designations for medical marijuana patients and for communities disparately affected by drug prohibition. The amended bill also removes fines for juveniles, adjusts tax rates on marij...

The co-sponsors, Sens. Sharif Street and Dan Laughlin, said in a memo accompanying the legislation that the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office projects tax revenue for the state would be between $400 million and $1 billion annually. "I’m proud to join my Republican colleague and introduce this historic, bipartisan bill to legalize marijuana," Street, a Philadelphia Democrat and son of former Mayor John Street, said in a statement. "In close collaboration with Senator Laughlin, key community groups and stakeholders throughout the Commonwealth, we developed a bill that will benefit commun...