tag | Pennsylvania Department of Health

In February 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of Health shared data that Spotlight PA won access to with academic researchers across the state.

The data could help identify outliers who might be bending or breaking Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana law.

Patients need a doctor’s permission to get a medical cannabis card in Pa. But data on those approvals remain secret.

For more than a year, the Department of Health has fought to block Spotlight PA’s request for information. Judges rejected the agency’s arguments calling one claim “undeveloped.”