Please take a moment this morning (before 1:30 today) and contact your senator to voice your opposition to HB2612 which is scheduled to be heard on the Senate floor. While there are some good things in this bill (the same good things that SQ788 already created) the bad stuff is bad and will only harm …
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The Final Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Regulations
Medical Marijuana Rules Passed July 10
An Open Letter to Senator Yen
The following is a letter that Dana McMurchy sent to Senator Yen. She is frustrated as he has not responded to her requests. We'd like to know who else shares in her frustration. Dr. Yen, I still insist on your response to my concerns about your bill, SB1120. I live in Oklahoma and thus you report …
Drug Policy Reform: The People vs A Few Legislators
Last Thursday a group of leaders from the Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma (DPRN) went to the state capitol to discuss the essential oversight with many House & Senate members. Original article
CANNABIS & THE SANCTITY OF LIFE
Last week Liberty on Tap hosted an informational gathering for SQ 788, a ballot initiative measure to legalize medical cannabis in Oklahoma. The vote for SQ 788 will take place on June 26, 2018. One of our speakers, a member of the Vote Yes on SQ 788 PAC, was Shawn Jenkins. Shawn, a veteran of the U.S. Army, …
Legislative Shenanigans – Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill
Sitting in committee is a bill that would reform the current civil asset forfeiture policy in Oklahoma. Currently, your property and cash may be seized by law enforcement and kept even if you are never charged with a crime. You may fight to have your property and cash returned but it will cost you. Basically, …
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The REAL Elephant in the Room
I would like to address Fallin's first point, “Oklahoma's drug possession sentences haven't deterred substance abuse”. Most people thrown in cages for using drugs are not necessarily “substance abusers”. This says people who are charged with a drug “crime” are abusers which is a fallacy. Substance users (or abusers) do not belong in prison. Substance …
