PA Debates State Stores for Marijuana

It's Pennsylvania, so of course it'd be a state monopoly

HARRISBURG – State Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery often compares Pennsylvania's marijuana laws to the alcohol prohibition laws of the early 20th century.

He says it's a culture war that one day will end. Maybe sooner than one might think.

"I'm sure that in 10 years, we will look back on prohibition as a quaint relic of the past," Leach said.

Leach, one of the state's most progressive lawmakers, introduced legislation to legalize marijuana use for adults age 21 and older. Leach's legislation envisions marijuana sold alongside alcohol in state liquor stores and beer distributors, with production, distribution and sale regulated in a similar way as alcohol.