There has recently been a big movement to legalize it for medical here in Oklahoma. We were very close to being able to vote on it this month, but now will have to wait a while. Still, there is movement on the subject. Check out this "copy and paste" from the website cannabist.co:
Oklahoma
State question 788: This initiative sponsored by
Oklahomans for Health would allow for use, sale and growing of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The measure does not have qualifying health conditions, but would require approval of a state-certified physician for a patient to apply for a license.
Where it stands: Voters won’t see the measure in November because a fight over Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s rewording of the ballot measure and questions about signatures landed in front of the state’s highest court. Pruitt submitted the revision on Aug. 25, two days after the Secretary of State’s office announced the initiative had
surpassed the threshold for petition signatures required to get
on the ballot. According to The Associated Press, state officials say there’s not enough buffer time for legal challenges ahead of deadlines to get ballots verified and mailed to military members and overseas voters.
“It’s important for the people of Oklahoma to know — regardless of the substance of the state question — the signatures were not submitted with enough time to allow this process to be played out completely,” Pruitt said.
On. Sept. 6, a
lawsuit was filed alleging that Pruitt’s rewrite of the medical cannabis ballot question misleads voters. Attorney David Slane, who filed the lawsuit, accuses Pruitt of being biased against the proposal and rewriting the question to confuse voters.
At the end of September, supporters said a 10-day protest period for their case passed without challenge, meaning the
measure will be put on a future ballot. That likely will happen in 2018, but supporters do plan to lobby for a special election.
