PA Seeks To Allow School Nurses To Administer MMJ To Students In Need & Legalize Edibles Under New Bill

Biden Appointee Pushes To Allow School Nurses To Administer Medical Marijuana To Students In Need

Representative Malcolm Kenyatta is looking to expand PA's medical marijuana program under which only parents are allowed to administer cannabis to their children on school grounds, reported KATV. Kenyatte was named the chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans by President Biden earlier this month.

Kenyatta argues that medical cannabis should be viewed as any other medicine. "If nurses can administer all the other medicines that people have, then we should not put medical cannabinoid oil in a separate bucket." 

Bipartisan Bill To Allow PA MMJ Patients To Buy Edibles, These Companies Will Take Market Share

Meanwhile, Senate Bill 538, introduced earlier this month by a group of state Senators, including Democrats Dan Laughlin, John Kane and Katie Muth seeks to amend medical marijuana (MMJ) products to include all types of edible MMJ products.

The measure is currently pending a vote in the Senate Law and Justice Committee, reported PA Home Page. At the moment, Pennsylvanians can buy and use MMJ products such as pills, oils, topicals, dry leaf (vaporized not smoked), tinctures and liquids.

Laughlin earlier said that edibles have the benefit of gradual disbursement of marijuana. The aversion to smoking is one of the main factors that fueled the significant growth of cannabis-infused edibles over the past years.

"For many patients, their medical conditions require gradual relief over an extended period of time," Laughlin said last year. "Consuming medical cannabis in edible form is among the best ways to achieve the time-release effect that these patients need."

Some of the cannabis companies that stand to benefit from the policy change given their operational footprint in PA include Curaleaf Holdings, Inc CURLF, Trulieve Cannabis Corp. TRUL TCNNF, Ayr Wellness Inc. AYR AYRWF, and Verano Holdings Corp. VRNO VRNOF

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