Pennsylvania (Jurisdiction Profile)
Jurisdiction Identity
Current Cannabis Framework
| Dimension |
Status |
| Adult-use possession |
Prohibited (adult-use legislation not enacted) |
| Adult-use commercial sales |
Not operational |
| Medical cannabis |
Regulated program (Medical Marijuana Act, 2016) |
| Home cultivation |
Prohibited (patients may not cultivate) |
| Hemp relationship |
Hemp regulated under the 2018 Farm Bill framework (state industrial hemp program) |
Regulatory Overview
Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program (Act 16 of 2016) is administered by the Department of Health, which licenses growers/processors, dispensaries, and clinical registrants and registers patients/caregivers. Adult-use legislation has not been enacted; home cultivation is not permitted.
Data Surface
| Data surface |
Available? |
Official source |
Machine-readable? |
Notes |
| License registry |
partial |
DOH licensee lists |
no |
Licensees published; no documented API |
| Testing-laboratory registry |
partial |
DOH licensee records |
no |
No distinct public testing-lab registry located |
| Laboratory testing rules |
yes |
28 Pa. Code ch. 1171 |
no |
Codified testing requirements |
| Contaminant/action limits |
yes |
28 Pa. Code 1171 |
no |
Set in regulation |
| Recalls/advisories |
partial |
DOH program notices |
no |
Not structured |
| Product/package identifiers |
partial |
MMJ patient portal product lists |
no |
Patient-facing; not open |
| COAs/batch results |
no public source located |
— |
— |
Not published as open data |
| Sales data |
partial |
DOH program statistics |
no |
Aggregate stats published |
| Open-data downloads |
no public source located |
— |
— |
No cannabis open-data portal located |
Sources & Provenance
Graph Connections
No existing repository entities are linked to Pennsylvania. The page is discoverable from the Jurisdictions index.