On March 7, Oklahomans vote on recreational marijuana.  On the ballot is an initiative created by the marijuana industry, not the Oklahoma legislature, so it is a wish list for Big Marijuana.  Its wording is the most liberal on marijuana use in the country, and if successful will likely be used in other states.

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Oklahoma already has an extremely lax medical marijuana business, with the most dispensaries of any state even though it is a small state.  The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority would be the overseer of the new recreational industry even though the Authority has been so feckless that the legislature is pausing new licenses and has had to budget for 100 new compliance officers.

State Question 820 would allow marijuana use around children, and would prevent law enforcement from using the smell of marijuana as probable cause for search, seizure, or arrest in most situations.

Oklahomans are already besieged with foreign companies operating “grows” in rural areas, lower water pressure from the lavish irrigation, and emergency room visits for marijuana toxicity—as many as one per shift in a given hospital.

Pray that the assault on Oklahoma’s kids, farmland, and safety would be turned back.

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Leah Farish is an attorney and host of the Conversation Balloons podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major platforms. Photo Credit: Cnava.