Legislation that would loosen up Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act to allow a patient’s doctor to certify medical cannabis as a suitable treatment regardless of the patient’s medical condition is advancing in the state Senate.

The Senate Law & Justice Committee voted 10-1 to approve a bill that would make sweeping changes to the state’s 7-year-old medical marijuana program.

Along with eliminating the list of 24 serious conditions so doctors aren’t limited in being able to suggest medical marijuana for a patient or certify them for it, legislation, sponsored by committee Chairman Mike Regan, R-Cumberland and York counties, would eliminate the expiration date on medical marijuana cards, eliminating that cost barrier for patients.

His bill, as well as a separate measure sponsored by Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie County, the committee also approved by a 10-1 vote, would allow the cannabis products to be sold in edible forms.

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