Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio and the Ohio River to its west, Lake Erie and New York to its north, the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east, and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie. Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. The state capital is Harrisburg. Among all states, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous with over 13 million residents as of the 2020 United States census, the ninth-highest by population density, and the 33rd-largest by land area. The largest metropolitan statistical area is the southeastern Philadelphia metropolitan area, centered on Philadelphia, the state's most populous and nation's sixth-most populous city. The second-largest metropolitan area, Greater Pittsburgh, is centered in and around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest city.

1937U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.^[†]

The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, Pub. L. 75–238, 50 Stat. 551, enacted August 2, 1937, was a United States Act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis. It was the first national regulation on cannabis in the US.

Headlines from June 14, 1937

WARNING IS ISSUED TO SOVIET INDUSTRY; Ten Days Granted Leaders to Reorganize Tractor and Auto Branch or Face Trial

INCOME OF NATION UP 9 BILLION IN '36, ROPER AIDE SHOWS; Total, Including Value of Goods Produced and Income Paid Out, Was $63,800,000,000

State Tax Due Tomorrow; Few Installments Yet Paid

AIRCRAFT AND GUNS BLAST BASQUE LINES AS REBELS CLOSE IN; Attackers Occupy Hills Mile and One-Half East of the City by Nightfall

17 MINES AFFECTED; Lewis Expects to Empty Bethlehem, Youngstown Pits by Tomorrow

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