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30 g or less is a misdemeanour with up to 30 days and a $500 fine; a first conviction is eligible for conditional release. More is a misdemeanour with up to a year.
Growing even a small number of plants for personal use can be prosecuted as felony manufacture. The ordinary statutory penalty is up to five years in prison and/or a $15,000 fine, with no blanket 2½-year minimum.[@2,3] Medical patients cannot grow at home; production requires a licence.[@1]
Short jail terms are possible;, but Philadelphia replaced criminal penalties for under 30 g with a $25 civil fine in 2014, Pittsburgh and other cities issue small fines insteadPittsburgh did the same with up to $100 in 2015.[@1,4]
Giving 30 g or less without payment is a misdemeanour with up to 30 days.[@1]
Illegal without a medical card.[@1]
A large medical programme with dispensaries statewide.[@1,5]
Vetrano & Feinman — Pennsylvania medical marijuana and Philadelphia/Pittsburgh decriminalization Pennsylvania Department of Health — Office of Medical Marijuana Report (July 2022, PDF) 3 unchanged
30 g or less is a misdemeanour with up to 30 days and a $500 fine; a first conviction is eligible for conditional release. More is a misdemeanour with up to a year.[@1]
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upto 30 g · treatment criminal · term Misdemeanor · prison 30 days · fine 500 · note First convictions eligible for conditional release, over 30 g · treatment criminal · term Misdemeanor · prison 1 year · fine 5000
Growing even a small number of plants for personal use can be prosecuted as felony manufacture. The ordinary statutory penalty is up to five years in prison and/or a $15,000 fine, with no blanket 2½-year minimum.[@2,3] Medical patients cannot grow at home; production requires a licence.[@1]
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label Growing any number of plants · treatment criminal · term Felony manufacture · prison 5 years · fine 15000 · note Four plants for personal use count as manufacture
The Medical Marijuana Act, signed 17 April 2016, set up a Department of Health programme: ID cards for certified patients and approved caregivers, and permits for growers, processors and dispensaries.[@5]
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