With roughly a million potential patients for medical marijuana uses in the commonwealth and growing, those in the industry are exploring marijuana’s many components for deriving existing “cultivars” or “strains” for product development.

Minneapolis-based Vireo Health launched its second Pennsylvania medical marijuana dispensary last week with the opening of Green Goods Bethlehem in Lower Saucon Township.

Pennsylvania legalized medical marijuana in 2016, and Gov. Tom Wolf has called on the state lawmakers to take the next step; allow its recreational use. Doing so would create new opportunities for entrepreneurs, and new tax revenue for the state. Today, Lehigh Valley Business reports on issues facing this niche industry and the serious obstacles that stand in its way. ...

Keystone Canna Remedies, owner of the first medical marijuana dispensary to open in Pennsylvania, has a property in the Poconos that it is leasing for a dispensary that would open in the first quarter of 2020.

Harvest, a cannabis company, has signed an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Health that will stop the opening of two marijuana dispensaries in the state.

Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana industry has made $350 million in sales since the state’s first dispensary opened in February 2018, nearly tripling in five months.

Anxiety disorders and Tourette syndrome have been approved by the state as conditions eligible for medical marijuana treatment starting on July 20.