OMMA called the ruling "a significant victory in the ongoing fight to eliminate bad actors in Oklahoma’s cannabis industry," adding "more wins are likely on the way."
"I don’t think anybody expected (SQ820) to be defeated that bad," he said Friday, adding the state needs to spend more time tightening laws governing medical marijuana.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond says the time is right for a discussion about expunging marijuana convictions for nonviolent offenders.
With all 566,004 votes cast in absentee, early in-person and election day voting counted, State Question 820 was defeated by a count of 349,121 against (61%) to 216,883 (38%) in favor, according to incomplete results from the State Election Board.
The senior adviser to the campaign said he is a medical marijuana patient himself and that legalizing recreational marijuana will not disturb the patient experience.
"Everybody knows ... this thing we have tried to use prohibition to deal with for generations just isn't worth ruining lives over," campaign adviser Ryan Kiesel told the Tulsa World.
The last time an Oklahoma state question appeared on a nongeneral or primary election ballot was September 2005. That was a fuel tax proposal that drew about 18% of registered voters at the time.
An additional $850,000 appropration for the State Election Board is to help pay for next Tuesday's vote on State Question 820.
One dispensary owner said a bigger customer base in Oklahoma, as well as consumers crossing state lines, should drive up revenue. Another worries the law would attract opportunists to set up shop and further saturate the market here.
An Asian criminal organization trafficked in ketamine and recruited undocumented Asian women to serve as prostitutes for managers and administrators of several farms across the state, an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics spokesman said.
State and local officials would have to disclose their interests in medical marijuana businesses under legislation approved by an Oklahoma House of Representatives committee on Tuesday.
"I believe the feds need to make a decision about marijuana," Stitt said. "There shouldn't be a patchwork of states doing different things. We need to let the feds tell us if it's legal or illegal."
The cases involve three attorneys accused of evading laws that require that Oklahoma residents own at least 75% of a grow operation. “Any Oklahoman who partners with these criminals … will be held accountable,” AG Gentner Drummond says.
As the vote to legalize recreational marijuana in Oklahoma approaches, public officials and advocates came together this week to discuss the pros and cons of the issue.
The special election on whether to legalize adult-use marijuana across the state has been set for March 7. Oklahomans have until Friday to register to be eligible to vote in that election.
Panelists include Tulsa Health Department Director Bruce Dart, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler and Yes on 820 campaign director Michelle Tilley. The vote is set for March 7.
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that Second Amendment rights are violated by a federal law that makes it illegal for “unlawful users or addicts of controlled substances” to possess firearms.
Former Gov. Frank Keating is the chairman of the organization that has filed in opposition to State Question 820. “We simply must protect our children,” Keating said.
Potency limits are among measures that could be considered when the Legislature meets in February.
A new city councilor who is worried about the ongoing opioid crisis has floated the idea of treating medical cannabis like other prescriptions, though Mayor Bynum shared safety concerns.
The licenses are suspected of either having been obtained fraudulently or are being used to mask illegal operations selling on the black market, an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs spokesman said.
Kevin Pham is accused of fraud by Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs officials claiming he uses straw owners to skirt state law.
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The OMMA asks business entities affected by proposed rules to provide information on revenue losses or cost increases, direct or indirect, expected due to compliance.
OSBI preliminary investigations found that the four people "executed" at a marijuana grow facility in Kingfisher County were Chinese nationals.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court had previously declined to order State Question 820 be put on the Nov. 8 ballot.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court said State Question 820 could not be printed on ballots in time to comply with the deadline for mailing them to absentee voters.
A former state GOP chairman said "it will play to the Democratic advantage" while the current officeholder disagrees SQ820 will have an impact on the gubernatorial race.
The state’s high court won't take action until the expiration of a 10-day period to file objections to either the initiative petition signatures or the ballot title for State Question 820.
Supporters want the state question on the Nov. 8 general election ballot but have no clear legal right step to get it there, considering the process the Legislature set up, according to the Oklahoma solicitor general.
The state question now must undergo a protest period, and it's uncertain whether all the processes that must be gone through can be completed in time to get the state question on the Nov. 8 ballot.