Medical marijuana Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania state Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery/Delaware, speaks at a news conference in January in the Capitol in Harrisburg with parents who say their children might benefit from oil extracted from marijuana.

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A Pennsylvania state senator says he tried some marijuana on his taxpayer-funded trip to Colorado that was geared toward seeing how the state's marijuana industry is working.



Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery/Delaware, said today he took two hits from a vape pen, similar to an e-cigarette, at his hotel. He says it was the first time he had used marijuana in about 25 years. Tweets from his trip included an image of a marijuana-inspired change purse:



A vape pen vaporizes a form of marijuana. He says it was a gift from a facility he and aides toured during the official trip, which cost nearly $5,000.



He says the legal weed caused him to giggle a bit through dinner. Afterward, he says he did something unusual — he watched a romantic comedy on TV.



Leach is a leading proponent of legalizing the drug, including medical marijuana, in Pennsylvania.