Activists in Oklahoma finalize proposals for recreational cannabis ballots

An activist group in Oklahoma said this week that it had put the finishing touches on two voting proposals that would legalize the recreational pot in the state and revise their medical marijuana program.

Oklahomas for Responsible Cannabis Action, or “ORCA,” said Tuesday that it had created the “final drafts” of the two petitions that could help advance the initiatives in the state’s voting next year.

Under the proposed Oklahoma Marijuana Regulation and Right to Use Act, “Anyone Age Twenty-One (21) Years Old and Over would be permitted to grow, purchase, transport, receive, prepare and consume marijuana and marijuana products” and “To own up to: twelve (12) marijuana plants and the marijuana harvested from them; one (1) ounce of concentrated marijuana; seventy-two (72) ounces of topical marijuana; seventy-two (72) ounces of edible marijuana; eight (8) ounces of suppository marijuana and eight (8) ounces of commercially sold marijuana. “

The petition specifically addresses “tests for impairment” and states that if the initiative is passed, it will not be a “test that identifies the presence of THC metabolites in a person’s blood, urine, hair, hair follicles, or any other bodily fluid or tissue , may be used as evidence of impairment ”. or drunkenness for the purpose of denial of any form of health care, housing, employment, public assistance, license or licensed activity, public service, parental rights, educational opportunity or extracurricular activity. “

The Oklahoma Marijuana Regulation and Right to Use Act would establish an “eradication program” based on other states that have incorporated retrospective erasures into their own legalization efforts.

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Under the Oklahoma program, a person currently serving a sentence in connection with a conviction may “file a motion to reschedule, waive the conviction, and terminate or change the sentence and sentence in the court pending judgment entered the conviction in the case of the person ”. Request re-conviction, amendment or repeal under this Article. “

It would also open the door to “a person who has served his or her sentence for conviction by trial or pleading guilty or nolo” and whose conduct would have been lawful if this article was in effect at the time of the offense were”. , [to] submit an application for the set aside, set aside and set aside the conviction under this Article to the court of first instance that gave judgment on the conviction in the matter of the person. “

The law would impose a 15 percent excise duty rate on “marijuana and marijuana products purchased by people without a valid medical marijuana license in Oklahoma or a caregiver license in Oklahoma.” The tax revenue would be divided between different agencies and purposes.

Ten percent of gross tax revenue on retail sales would go to “the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for Infrastructure Funding Programs Promoting Water Reliability and Economic and Environmental Resilience,” while five percent would go to the Department of Human Services for Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Programs for the benefit of people with physical and developmental disabilities. ”

Another five percent go to “non-profit organizations, whether state or community-based, to improve access to evidence-based, low-threshold treatment for drug addiction and to support job placement, housing searches and advice for people with substance use disorders”. . ”

Various other agencies would absorb the rest of the tax revenue.

ORCA’s other petition relates to Oklahoma’s new medical cannabis program, which was set up after voters in the state passed a measure legalizing treatment in 2018.

According to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Enforcement and Anti-Corruption Act, a newly created state agency called the Oklahoma State Cannabis Commission would “take over all administrative, regulatory and appropriate judicial powers over cannabis, hemp and marijuana plants, the products derived from them. and the related services as defined in the provisions of this article. “

The new OSCC would replace the existing Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, which was established to oversee the state’s medical cannabis program.

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