Twenty-six companies spent over $1.6 million on lobbying in Pennsylvania for cannabis reforms last year, according to a Spotlight PA analysis, with over $800,000 coming from multistate cannabis companies.
Trulieve, which operates cannabis businesses in nine states, spent over $210,000 on lobbying in Pennsylvania last year, with $165,000 spent on direct communications and $45,000 on indirect communication. The Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition (PCC), a trade organization, spent $171,720 on lobbying last year, which Meredith Buettner, the group’s executive director, told Spotlight was used to advocate for “modernization to the medical marijuana program,” and “advancing adult-use legislation.”
According to data from the state Department of State Lobbying Disclosure Database, in addition to Trulieve and the PCC, 24 other companies and organizations spent money lobbying for cannabis reforms in the state, including:
Cresco Labs – $149,084 PA Options for Wellness, Inc. – $105,000 CannTech PA – $90,770 Veranos – $90,000 Curaleaf – $90,000 Penn AltOrganics – $78,000 Organic Remedies Inc – $75,157 Acreage Holdings – $69,066 Restore Integrated Wellness Center – $68, 641 Ascend Wellness Holdings –
