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    Oklahoma becomes 30th medical cannabis state

    Oklahoma votes to legalize medicinal marijuana

    BY JOHN BOWDEN
    06/26/18

    The state of Oklahoma became the 30th in the nation to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes on Tuesday.

    The Associated Press projected that State Question 778, which legalizes the growth, sale, and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, had been approved by voters. According to Forbes, the measure was approved by a 10-point margin, with more than 85 percent of precincts reporting.

    Gov. Mary Fallin (R), who opposed the measure because she believed it would create a gateway to legal marijuana for recreational use, said she would likely convene a special legislative session to design a framework for the law's implementation, The Associated Press reported.

    The campaign to legalize the drug for medicinal purposes succeeded despite little national funding for the effort, Forbes reported, and a significant backlash over the law's perceived vagueness from law enforcement groups and faith leaders.

    Despite this, pollsters in the state expected the measure to pass easily due to widespread support for medicinal marijuana even among Republican voters.

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    ended up passing by a 14 point margin, despite not airing a single TV ad.

    https://www.ok.gov/elections/support...sults_seb.html

    Was heavily opposed by politicians, preachers, and cops.

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    and by the way there is no qualifying conditions, so it is basically one of the most liberalized medical cannabis laws in the country. I'm sure the legislators are going to $#@! with it though.

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    Good!
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    great , there should be more .

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    godspeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jct74 View Post
    and by the way there [are] no qualifying conditions, so it is basically one of the most liberalized medical cannabis laws in the country. I'm sure the legislators are going to $#@! with it though.
    Basically, yes. A license is required, and a state board-certified doctor must recommend the patient for the license. But the measure doesn't say what it can or can't be prescribed to treat.

    It authorizes license holders to purchase, or grow their own within limits. And yes, the legislature will be drafting specifics, so the actual law will come out looking like God knows what.

    In other news, the primaries were as pitiful as usual. There were some very good candidates, including Nathan Dahm running to replace Bridenstein. But, as always, those tools who aired the most commercials won.
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    Medical is a start..
    Several states have gone from medical to recreational within years.,,,

    It adds a State.

    I am looking forward to interstate trade.. and quality Name Brands.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pcosmar View Post
    I am looking forward to interstate trade.. and quality Name Brands.
    Micro-grows as the analogue of micro-breweries ?

    Did you know that (legal) international trade in (medicinal) cannabis is already happening ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by luctor-et-emergo View Post
    Micro-grows as the analogue of micro-breweries ?

    Did you know that (legal) international trade in (medicinal) cannabis is already happening ?
    Seed Banks yes..

    Packaged commodities,, no. but I look forward to such.
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    Oklahoma became the 30th state to legalize medical marijuana earlier this week, but residents who want to have a medical cannabis card and own a gun may see their hopes go up in smoke.
    On Thursday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) confirmed to ABC affiliate KOCO-TV that the conditions of a 2011 open letter, which states that federal law prohibits anybone who is an "unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance" from "possessing firearms or ammunition," still stands. The letter says that anyone who uses marijuana, regardless of state law, qualifies as an "unlawful user of" the controlled substance, and is therefore prohibited from owning a gun.
    Federal officials went on to say that possession of a medical marijuana card was reasonable cause to suspect the card owner of being an unlawful marijuana user, even if the person obtained the card legally.
    "Using a controlled substance is a prohibitor, similar to being convicted of a felony offense," Meredith Davis, a special agent with the ATF, told NBC affiliate KFOR-TV. As the Bureau outlines, felons are prohibited from possessing a firearm.
    One loophole that could allow a household to access to both a gun and a medical marijuana card, KFOR-TV reports, is if a spouse required medical marijuana for an illness and the other spouse owned a firearm. According to KFOR-TV, in that instance, the ATF could grant permission for the gun to remain in the household, as long as the spouse with the card had no access to the weapon.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oklahom...juana-or-guns/

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    Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said Friday she won't call lawmakers into a special legislative session on newly legalized medical marijuana after all. The term-limited Republican said in a statement she had conferred with House and Senate leaders and they decided emergency rules from the state health department will suffice in safely allowing medicinal use of cannabis. Before Tuesday's election that saw voters in the traditionally conservative state approve State Question 788 , Fallin had warned that the proposal was too broadly written and that a special session to tighten regulations would be required if it passed


    "The Health Department has been working with other agencies the past several months to develop a medical and proper regulatory framework to make sure marijuana use is truly for valid medical reasons," Fallin said Friday. "If circumstances develop that adjustments to the Health Department rules are necessary, those can be addressed when lawmakers return in regular session early next year."


    GOP state Senate leader Greg Treat said after the election that members of his party, the majority, were not interested in returning to the state Capitol for a special session. He said the Legislature would honor the will of the voters.
    State Question 788 says applications for a medical marijuana license must be available on the health department's website within 30 days of voters signing off. A regulatory office to receive applications for licenses, recipients and dispensary growers must be operating within 60 days.


    Interim Health Commissioner Tom Bates said state health officials will meet July 10 to consider emergency rules for the new Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. Application information and requirements will be available on the agency's website by July 26, and applications will be accepted by Aug. 25.

    More at: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/...n-13038006.php
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    Gov. Mary Fallin on Wednesday signed into place strict emergency rules for medical marijuana that pot advocates say are intentionally aimed at delaying the voter-approved use of medicinal cannabis. The term-limited Republican governor signed the rules just one day after her appointees on the state's Board of Health adopted them at an emergency meeting after last-minute changes to ban the sale of smokable marijuana and require a pharmacist at every pot dispensary.


    More at: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...uana-advocates
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    The head of the pharmacy board, Chelsea Church, was fired for her shenanigans in pushing to insert the requirement for dispensaries to have licensed pharmacists on premisis.

    https://nondoc.com/2018/07/25/chelse...harmacy-board/

    Chelsea Church has been terminated as executive director of the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy, effective immediately.

    The board went into executive session shortly after 2 p.m. to discuss whether to take employment action against Church, the non-appropriated agency’s executive director, who is under criminal investigation.

    “As president of the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy, I call this special meeting for our board to discuss the recent revelation of communication between director Church and the general counsel of the Department of Health in regards to director Church’s continued employment,” board president Kyle Whitehead said moments after convening the meeting.

    The board features six members, all of whom were in attendance Wednesday. After more than 80 minutes in executive session, the board reconvened in open session and voted unanimously to terminate Church. They also voted unanimously to set an Aug. 8 meeting to discuss a potential interim director.

    “No comment at this time,” Whitehead said after the meeting. “We will be issuing a press release (…) very soon.”

    Attorney: Chelsea Church ‘will pursue all remedies’

    Church’s employment became an issue following a bizarre and contentious series of events about the Oklahoma State Board of Health’s new medical marijuana rules.

    The Board of Health passed rules July 10 that were drafted by the Oklahoma State Department of Health but made two controversial additions pushed by health care industry leaders: a prohibition of the sale of smokeable marijuana and a requirement that a pharmacist be present at all dispensaries.

    Pushing marijuana rule, Board of Pharmacy director offered attorney a job by William W. Savage III
    Negotiations about the pharmacist rule brought Church’s future with her agency into question after text messages surfaced that appear to show Church offering to hire OSDH general counsel Julie Ezell if she included the provision in her final draft of rules.

    While Ezell did not include the provision, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into whether Church’s text messages — first reported on NonDoc — constitute the offer of a bribe.
    Here's a source for the emails:

    https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/mari...5cc4d5c35.html
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    Legalize marijuana in all 50 states.
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    Overall, this is good news. Congratulations to the people that are really sick, dying, or have another qualifying condition in the state of Oklahoma. Polls show over 90% of people support medical cannabis. So every state that allows for constitutional amendment, referendum, or voter initiative that doesn't already have medical cannabis, people there should put it on the ballot because it is most certainly going to pass. It's only a matter of time now before the federal government changes its position on medical cannabis 180°.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith and stuff View Post
    Overall, this is good news. Congratulations to the people that are really sick, dying, or have another qualifying condition in the state of Oklahoma. Polls show over 90% of people support medical cannabis. So every state that allows for constitutional amendment, referendum, or voter initiative that doesn't already have medical cannabis, people there should put it on the ballot because it is most certainly going to pass. It's only a matter of time now before the federal government changes its position on medical cannabis 180°.
    Chances are better now than they were back in the 70's but I'm far from optimistic.

    There's just too much money being made by too many people with it being illegal...

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    30 states is over half. Can we just call it Federally Legalized all $#@!ing ready?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DamianTV View Post
    30 states is over half. Can we just call it Federally Legalized all $#@!ing ready?
    But whaddabout the DEA, "Just-Us" dept, BOP and all the federal courts and their minions?

    Think of the bureaucracy having weed illegal feeds.........

    And that's not including the ancillary bureaucracies that profit from it.

    There's a whole-lotta tax-ticks getting fat off all this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    The head of the pharmacy board, Chelsea Church, was fired for her shenanigans in pushing to insert the requirement for dispensaries to have licensed pharmacists on premisis.

    https://nondoc.com/2018/07/25/chelse...harmacy-board/



    Here's a source for the emails:

    https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/mari...5cc4d5c35.html




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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    Legalize marijuana in all 50 states.
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