Daily Record staff

Love your guns? Looking forward to legalization of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania in 2018? A major conflict looms.

While legal for medical use in 29 states, the federal government still classifies marijuana in any form as a controlled substance on par with heroin.

So, before you apply for that medical marijuana card consider this: Federal law also bans gun ownership for medical marijuana patients. And, it has since 2011.

On Wednesday, The Philadelphia Inquirer explored the risks and realities of changes in the law that stand to create significant conflict for some.

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