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Updated: 9:25 AM EST Feb 25, 2021 Forthcoming legislation to legalize marijuana in Pennsylvania, announced Wednesday, is believed to be the first with a Republican as an author, although it likely faces the same uphill fight against opposition from the state Legislature s GOP majorities.Pa. senator says marijuana should be regulated: Watch the report in the video above.Sens. Daniel Laughlin, R-Erie, and Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, outlined the proposal in a memo distributed to fellow senators.Laughlin and Street say regulating it can improve public safety and better prevent minors from getting it, while raising money for the state treasury, boosting the economy and ending the disproportionate enforcement of marijuana laws against Black and Latino people.Gov. Tom Wolf, a second-term Democrat, supports the legalization of marijuana, changing his position in 2019.Fifteen states have legalized marijuana for adult recreational use, according to the National Conference of Sta

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