Poll: Marijuana Law Reform

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Do you support allowing physician-authorized patients to consume therapeutic cannabis

  • yes

    Votes: 278 79.7%
  • no

    Votes: 71 20.3%

  • Total voters
    349

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The lawmakers and still a great deal of people in OK are opposed to any kind if marijuana use being legal. Something like this is at least a step in the right direction.

you'd be surprised at the overwhelming majority of support legalization now enjoys. when polls consistently report 60 to 80% (depending on which poll) of Oklahoma are in favor of legalization for pot. doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out change is on the way.

half step measures like medical pot use only are a waste of resources when a majority are in favor of full legalization.
 
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you'd be surprised at the overwhelming majority of support legalization now enjoys. when polls consistently report 80% of Oklahoma are in favor of legalization for pot. doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out change is on the way.

half step measures like medical pot use only are a waste of resources when 80% are in favor of full legalization.

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you'd be surprised at the overwhelming majority of support legalization now enjoys. when polls consistently report 80% of Oklahoma are in favor of legalization for pot. doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out change is on the way.

half step measures like medical pot use only are a waste of resources when 80% are in favor of full legalization.

So one of the last states to legalize tattoo's, that still has archaic liquor laws supports legalizing marijuana?
 

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Ok maybe there's more support than I'm aware of. I live in Moore, and I spend most of my time on or near campus in Norman, as I'm a full time student. And one thing I do know, with most things that demographic is NOT representative of the rest of Oklahoma. Maybe I just assumed that this one of those topics as well.
 

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Teen faces life in prison over hash brownies
'They’ve weighed baked goods in this case. It ought to be a misdemeanor,' lawyer says

A Texas teenager is facing five years to life in prison for allegedly baking and selling pot brownies.

Jacob Lavoro, a 19-year-old from Round Rock, Texas, was charged with a first degree felony because he used hash oil instead of marijuana, allowing the state to weigh the brownies as a whole — including the sugar, cocoa, butter and other ingredients — to calculate the weight of the drugs.

Police searched Lavoro's apartment, where they allegedly found 660 grams — or 1.45 pounds — of baked goods (six bags of cookies, nine bags of brownies) along with 16 ounces of marijuana and $1,675 in cash.

"I’ve been doing this 22 years as a lawyer and I’ve got 10 years as a police officer and I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Jack Holmes, Lavoro’s attorney, told KHON-TV. “They’ve weighed baked goods in this case. It ought to be a misdemeanor."

Hash oil, classified as a "Penalty 2" controlled substance under Texas law, contains a higher concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.

The teen's father, Joe Lavoro, called the possibility of his son spending life behind bars for a hash brownie recipe “outrageous."

"Five years to life? I'm sorry, I'm a law abiding citizen. I'm a conservative. I love my country. I'm a Vietnam veteran, but I'll be damned," Lavoro said. "This is illogical. I'm really upset, and I'm frightened, I'm frightened for my son."

Lavoro was arrested on April 15 and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of the illegal hash oil and sale of the hash-infused cookies and brownies. He was held in Williamson County Jail and released on May 7 on a $30,000 bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 19.

“It’s crazy," Lavoro told KEYE. "I don’t understand it."

Neither do pot advocates, who say the possible punishment doesn't fit the crime.

"That's higher than the punishment range for sexual assault, higher than the punishment range for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon," Jamie Spencer, legal counsel for NORML's Texas chapter, told KUTV. "It's kind of crazy."

"This case is the perfect example of the insanity of Texas' drug laws," Spencer added. "Especially when it comes to marijuana or anything where the active ingredient is THC."
 

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There's a measure to put medicinal marijuana before a public vote in Nov. It's an initiative petition so starting around 16 May, they'll need 156,000 signatures in 90 days. Guy's name is Chip Paul, website: oklahomansforhealth.com

As I said before, as a supporter of liberty and ending marijuana prohibition, I am ideologically opposed to that petition.

No one who supports ending marijuana prohibition can truly support that petition.
 

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As I said before, as a supporter of liberty and ending marijuana prohibition, I am ideologically opposed to that petition.

No one who supports ending marijuana prohibition can truly support that petition.

Step 1, just like CCW in 1996 opened the door for open carry. I have never made any bones about it I support medical MJ as a stepping stone.
 

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Step 1, just like CCW in 1996 opened the door for open carry. I have never made any bones about it I support medical MJ as a stepping stone.

Have you read the petition? It's practically a carve-out for a specific niche industry and bars others who are otherwise qualified from entering that industry.
 

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