Michael J. Skinner

Michael J. Skinner is a cannabis and marijuana law attorney based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. With 18 years since admission, Skinner is a graduate of Widener University. Skinner additionally takes on defense of possession, paraphernalia and intent-to-distribute charges, cannabis DUI defense, which usually turns on drug-recognition testimony rather than a chemical test and immigration consequences, where even state-legal cannabis activity can affect status.

Cannabis in Pennsylvania is lawful only through the state medical program, so a cannabis practice there tends to combine program compliance for operators and patients with defense of the possession and distribution charges that still apply to everyone else. Regulation runs through the Department of Health's Medical Marijuana Program. Pennsylvania stands out as a medical-only market operating under the Department of Health, with adult-use legislation debated but not enacted.