Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Act bans home cultivation by patients; all medical cannabis must come from licensed dispensaries, and Pittsburgh cannot legalize personal grows because state law fully preempts the question regardless of Ord. 2015-2070.
Unlike many medical cannabis states, Pennsylvania's MMA does not authorize home cultivation. Patients must purchase from licensed dispensaries; growing your own plants remains a state criminal offense even with a valid MMJ card. Pittsburgh's 2015 decriminalization ordinance, Ord. 2015-2070, reduced city penalties for small-quantity possession to a summary offense, but it cannot override state cultivation bans. Allegheny County DA discretion still controls felony cultivation charges. If Pennsylvania legalizes recreational cannabis, home cultivation rules would be set by that legislation; pending such a change, no legal home grows exist.
State felony cultivation charges for any plants; Pittsburgh decriminalization Ord. 2015-2070 covers possession only, not cultivation; PBP may still arrest, with DA controlling charging decisions.
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