Pa. lawmaker lauds Colorado’s handling of marijuana
A Pennsylvania state senator who is charging a nearly $5,000 trip to taxpayers to see how Colorado is dealing with marijuana’s legalization says it’s home to a high-tech, high-paid industry and isn’t a state full of “stoners.”
Sen. Daylin Leach of Montgomery County wrote an editorial this week about his three-day trip last weekend with three staff aides.
Leach is perhaps the Pennsylvania Legislature’s foremost proponent of legalizing marijuana.
Sen. Mike Folmer of Lebanon County traveled to Colorado for a three-day trip with a staff aide two months ago. A spokesman says they paid their own way. Folmer supports a narrower legalization of a marijuana extract for medical purposes.
A bill co-sponsored by Leach and Folmer awaits a Senate vote. House GOP leaders and Gov. Tom Corbett oppose it.
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