{"id":3163,"date":"2020-12-21T15:49:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/why-medical-marijuana-in-pennsylvania-is-some-of-the-most-costly-in-the-u-s-2\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:49:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:49:21","slug":"why-medical-marijuana-in-pennsylvania-is-some-of-the-most-costly-in-the-u-s-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/why-medical-marijuana-in-pennsylvania-is-some-of-the-most-costly-in-the-u-s-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why medical marijuana in Pennsylvania is some of the most costly in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bill Cobb uses\u00a0medical marijuana<\/a>\u00a0to treat PTSD and chronic back pain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m a 50-year-old Black man who\u2019s been a\u00a0civil rights<\/a>\u00a0worker,\u201d said Cobb, now a\u00a0criminal-justice activist\u00a0<\/a>in Philadelphia. \u201cI smoke to have my brain slow down. But to be honest, I also smoke because I enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Alleviating his physical and mental pain is difficult when he feels another sting: His doctor-recommended medicine is not covered by insurance. He pays out of pocket \u2014 as much as $120 a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s way too expensive,\u201d Cobb said. \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Other marijuana users in Pennsylvania agree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Surveys show that the Keystone State has some of the highest prices for medical marijuana in the nation.<\/p>\n

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Cannabis is most often sold in eighths of an ounce, which can be rolled into about seven joints. An eighth of Gorilla Glue 4 marijuana sells for $35 in California. It\u2019s $40 in Maine. It costs $58 in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In Colorado, a full ounce of average weed often sells to consumers for $190. In Pennsylvania, the price is closer to $500. Some especially rapacious growers charge $600.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe patient community is always outraged about the prices,\u201d said Luke Shultz, a member of the state\u2019s\u00a0medical marijuana advisory board<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not sure where the price should be. But we\u2019d sure like to see it lower.\u201d [Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bill Cobb uses\u00a0medical marijuana\u00a0to treat PTSD and chronic back pain. \u201cI\u2019m a 50-year-old Black man who\u2019s been a\u00a0civil rights\u00a0worker,\u201d said Cobb, now a\u00a0criminal-justice activist\u00a0in Philadelphia. \u201cI smoke to have my brain slow down. But to be honest, I also smoke because I enjoy it.\u201d Alleviating his physical and mental pain is difficult when he feels […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdeancarter.com\/SMK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}