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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Thu May 8, 2014, 08:40 PM May 2014

Oklahoma Initiative Would Make Pot a Legal, Exportable Cash Crop

Source: US News

Marijuana reform advocates hope Oklahoma will live up to its nickname – the Sooner State – by becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction to both legalize cannabis for personal use and allow it to be exported as a cash crop.

In the best-case scenario for pro-pot campaigners, there will be two initiatives on the November ballot: One that would allow medical marijuana and another more far-reaching initiative that would comprehensively dismantle status quo pot policies.

The medical marijuana initiative is further along. On May 18 supporters will begin collecting the required 155,216 signatures for ballot access – if opponents do not file a challenge with the state’s supreme court.

The outright legalization initiative is currently being finalized and its backers – led by state Sen. Connie Johnson, a Democrat – hope to file it with the Oklahoma Secretary of State’s office as early as Friday.

Read more: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/05/08/oklahoma-pot-legalization-cannabis-cash-crop

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Oklahoma Initiative Would Make Pot a Legal, Exportable Cash Crop (Original Post) Jesus Malverde May 2014 OP
K&R! TeamPooka May 2014 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #2
LOL, and welcome to DU Electric Monk May 2014 #4
What impossibly powerful self control. n/t Loudly May 2014 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #7
Oklahoma still has counties where you can't buy liquor by the drink. Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #3
Good luck getting it over the border past Federales KeepItReal May 2014 #6

Response to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

 

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)
4. LOL, and welcome to DU
Thu May 8, 2014, 10:19 PM
May 2014



edit: Oh, I see you've been here since 2006. Interesting choice for a first post.

Response to Electric Monk (Reply #4)

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
3. Oklahoma still has counties where you can't buy liquor by the drink.
Thu May 8, 2014, 09:54 PM
May 2014

I'm not holding my breath waiting for Oklahoma to legalize it.

Although I wish the initiative the best of luck. You have to start sometime.

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