Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Act does not allow patients or caregivers to grow cannabis at home; only licensed grower-processors can cultivate. Philadelphia's decriminalization ordinance covers small possession but does not authorize personal cultivation in any quantity.
35 P.S. section 10231.303 limits cultivation to permitted grower-processors operating in approved facilities under Department of Health oversight. Patients and caregivers may possess up to a 90-day supply of dispensary-purchased product but cannot legally grow, clone, or propagate cannabis plants. Philadelphia Code section 10-2101 decriminalized possession of up to 30 grams of marijuana to a 25-dollar civil fine, but cultivation falls outside that ordinance and remains a felony under 35 P.S. 780-113(a)(30). Police may still execute search warrants for grows, and federal Schedule I controls overlay all activity. Pending state legalization bills would authorize six-plant home grow, but none have passed as of 2026.
Home cultivation is a felony manufacture under 35 P.S. 780-113(a)(30), punishable by up to 15 years prison and 250 thousand dollars in fines depending on plant count and prior convictions, plus potential property forfeiture.
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