HomeSpecial Projects & InvestigationsTurned AwayTyler Cordeiro was denied funding for treatment despite a state program offering help for anyone, even without insurance. The problem: his medical marijuana card.
May 10, 2022Commonwealth Media ServicesWhy Pennsylvania’s health department is taking Spotlight PA to courtby Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
March 14, 2022Commonwealth Media Services: Natalie KolbTop Pa. drug official denies blame for botched medical marijuana guidance, but her claims don’t add upby Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
Sept. 29, 2021Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PANew records reveal the cost of Pa.’s failure to clarify rules around addiction treatment and marijuanaby Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
Sept. 14, 2021TOM GRALISH / Philadelphia InquirerWolf administration ordered to reveal details of cannabis use as drug addiction treatmentby Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
Aug. 13, 2021TOM GRALISH / Philadelphia InquirerHow many people in Pa. use cannabis for addiction? The Wolf admin won’t say.by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
Aug. 5, 2021Maria Nuñez / For Spotlight PAPa. patients swear by cannabis as a tool to fight opioid addiction. The research still isn’t there.by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
Aug. 4, 2021YONG KIM / Philadelphia InquirerFeds roll back ‘confusing’ addiction funding rules that had deadly consequence in Pa.by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
June 28, 2021YONG KIM / Philadelphia InquirerFailure by Pa. officials to clarify rules around medical marijuana, addiction treatment had serious consequencesby Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA