Аудит выявил серьезные пробелы в системе контроля медицинского марихуаны в Пенсильвании

PENNSYLVANIA - A performance audit has found that the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) must strengthen its internal review processes for medical marijuana. Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor said in a Wednesday release that the health department “lacked proper internal controls to ensure inspections” of medical marijuana. The approval route for any plans made to correct those processes was also deemed “inadequate”. The poor review processes the audit identified within the state’s medical marijuana program also includes the monitoring standards for growers, processors and dispensaries. “Inconsistent procedures may allow issues to go uncorrected and lead to unsafe conditions within facilities or products,” DeFoor stated. “Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians rely on the program to be safe, secure and trustworthy, so it's up to these regulators to ensure proper procedures are in place." The auditor general added that the Department of Health did agree with the findings and are working to implement some of the recommendations. Those recommendations included: Implementing, and consistently using a standardized inspection checklist Approving standard operating procedures for inspection checklists and complaints Implementing formal documentation processes This is the first audit of Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program that has been conducted since the program began in 2016. DeFoor’s audit covered the period from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.