Pennsylvania Turning Back the Clock on MMJ?

That's the take from this piece on Philly.com, regarding changes in a pending medical marijuana bill:  Philly420: Pennsylvania going backward on marijuana.  Some highlights:

    SB3 is being presented as a "medical marijuana" bill that would bring swift  relief to suffering patients, especially children with seizure disorders. But  the truth is that patients would never actually get any dried plant material  into their hands. Instead, like 11 other states, Pennsylvania would only allow  processed cannabis oils and tinctures. 

    Smoking, vaporizing and even prepared edibles would still be illegal. This  flies in the face of all the peer-reviewed scientific data and thousands of  years of common practice. Somehow heated inhalation, with its quick uptake and  instant relief, has been demonized and left by the wayside. It will also take  years to regulate, if it passes. 

    Florida, Illinois and Iowa passed similarly limited laws. A year later none  of those states  - or any of the others with oil-only laws - are even close  to actually serving products to any patients.