Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has endorsed legalizing marijuana within Pennsylvania, joining ranks with state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and a majority of residents who support allowing cannabis inside the commonwealth.
“I fully support Auditor General DePasquale’s Plan to legalize/regulate/tax marijuana in Pennsylvania. More importantly, so do a majority of Pennsylvanians,” Mr. Peduto tweeted from his official Twitter account Friday.
A Democrat presiding over Pennsylvania’s second largest city since 2014, Mr. Peduto announced his support for legalization in response to a tweet sent earlier Friday from the auditor general’s account.
“Last year I became PA’s 1st statewide elected official to advocate for regulating/taxing #marijuana,” Mr. DePasquale, a Democrat, said in the initial tweet. “The majority of Americans now favor #legalization, & I’d hate to see PA lose out on the revenue stream & social benefits provided by moving away from the ‘Reefer Madness’ mindset.”
