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Gene Collier: NFL way behind the chains on medical marijuana

The NFL has no shortage of sources for its ceaseless embarrassments, but when the list is joined by no less disgraceful an entity as the Pennsylvania Legislature, that’s when you know you’re in something of a tailspin.

Perhaps you’ve noticed that the obstructers in Harrisburg, still 100 percent leadership-free and flaunting it, stunningly have crept close to an actual accomplishment this week, specifically the legalization of certain uses for medical marijuana, potentially permitting Pennsylvania to join about 24 other states in the 21st century.

Possibly you further noticed that according to former legislator Allen Kukovich of Manor, the issue has been kicking around the capital for — wait, let me check his letter again in Wednesday’s good morning Post-Gazette — yep, 37 years.