Health officials in Pa. face scrutiny over weak oversight of medical marijuana doctors

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2. I have actually been hearing ads for one such company

literally daily - a company called "Veriheal". Just doing a quick search, they apparently operate a bunch of dispensaries they call "Verilife" and work with others. When you have a conflict between those who want "state run" and those who want "private run", then you end up with these sorts of issues with 3rd parties.

Considering that PA still has its state-run Liquor Control Board, it's not unprecedented to consider more involvement, although I think MM was really mainly pushed as the first step on the path towards legalizing MJ across the board. I.e., it at least allowed the state to set up some kind of infrastructure for handling it, although obviously that is going to need to be really hardened if they do go full legalization.