Episode 21: Mary Jane’s first chance

This week, we go deep on the start of Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman’s marijuana legalization listening tour.

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  Katie Meyer was WITF’s Capitol Bureau Chief from 2016-2020. While at WITF, she covered all things state politics for public radio stations throughout Pennsylvania. Katie came to Harrisburg by way of New York City, where she worked at Fordham University’s public radio station, WFUV, as an anchor, general assignment reporter, and co-host of an original podcast. A 2016 graduate of Fordham, she earned several awards for her work at WFUV, including four 2016 Gracies.
  
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FILE PHOTO: Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman.

Fetterman is a week into his trip, and plans to eventually visit all 67 counties to hear how they feel about recreational pot.

His first stop was Harrisburg.

The crowd of a few hundred was more amenable to legalization than not, but as you’ll hear in this episode, their reasons for supporting (and opposing) the drug were wide-ranging—and sometimes, people in different sides of the issue had more in common than you might think.