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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CHenry" data-source="post: 2594017" data-attributes="member: 6281"><a href="http://www.news9.com/story/26269561/oklahoma-governor-announces-support-for-medical-marijuana" target="_blank">http://www.news9.com/story/26269561/oklahoma-governor-announces-support-for-medical-marijuana</a>Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has announced she will ask lawmakers to work with her in the next legislative session to support legalization of medicinal cannabidiol oil (CBD) on a limited, medically supervised, trial-only basis, according to a news release.CBD is a component in the cannabis (marijuana) plant. Research suggests that it may be effective to treat toddlers with rare conditions that cause seizures and strokes. CBD is an oil; it is not smoked. It is not intoxicating or used as a recreational drug.“I do not support legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, nor do I support a broadly-defined ‘medicinal' marijuana use that makes it easy for healthy adults and teenagers to find and buy drugs," Fallin said in a statement.“I do support allowing potentially life-saving medicine to find its way to children in need. I am very interested in allowing limited, heavily supervised use of non-intoxicating CBD to be delivered on a trial-basis to sick children in Oklahoma.”Rep. Jon Echols is currently preparing to lead a legislative study examining the possibility of allowing medical trials for the use of non-intoxicating CBD oils to children affected by severe seizures, the release says.“I am extremely interested in the findings of that study, and I look forward to working with lawmakers in both parties to pursue policies that can help sick Oklahoma children,” Fallin said.</blockquote>

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