Pennsylvania’s governor has formally called on lawmakers to follow other states’ leads and finally legalize adult-use marijuana.

In his annual budget speech, Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, on Tuesday unveiled a $48.3 billion spending plan that banks on revenue from legal adult-use sales.

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Shapiro’s budget plan estimates that legal marijuana, taxed at 20%, could raise roughly $250 million, according to Pennsylvania Spotlight.

State lawmakers have to date failed to advance long-gestating legalization proposals past partisan deadlocks.

But drawing on Pennsylvania’s rivalry with Rust Belt neighbor Ohio – which legalized adult-use cannabis in November by a surprisingly large margin – Shapiro pointed out that “practically all of our neighbors” have legalized adult-use cannabis.

“Our failure to legalize and regulate this only fuels the

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