The State of Oklahoma Shall Decriminalize Marijuana/Cannabis, Marijuana Paraphernalia, Marijuana Infused Products and Marijuana Concentrates, Marijuana Concentrate Smoking Devices Immediately Upon the Passage of This Article
Video Transcribed: Hi, my name is Danna Malone. I’m a paralegal at Wirth Law Office, and I am the paralegal to Isaiah Brydie, who does medical cannabis law. We work with businesses as well as patients who are in need of some legal help. I also own a medical marijuana dispensary in Tulsa. Today. I’d like to discuss with you state question 812. Probably haven’t heard a whole lot about state question 812, but it is the decriminalization of marijuana.
Myself, some business owners, some activists, and some patients, we all got together and we worked on this. This is written by the people, for the people. What I’d like to do is read through this and if you have questions, post them in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them.
The state of Oklahoma shall decriminalize marijuana/cannabis, marijuana paraphernalia, marijuana infused products and marijuana concentrates, marijuana concentrate smoking devices immediately upon the passage of this article.
Upon the passage of this article, the Oklahoma Department of Correction shall immediately release any and all offenders serving time for the following cannabis/marijuana related offenses. A) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana; B) possession of a controlled dangerous substance, marijuana, with the intent to distribute; C) possession of a controlled dangerous substance, marijuana, within 2000 feet of a school or public park; D) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana, within, Oh, in the presence of a minor child. There we go.
E) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana, without a tax stamp; and F) possession of proceeds derived from a violation of the uniformed, controlled, dangerous substance act, to wit any of the crimes listed in sections A through E herein.
The state of Oklahoma shall, upon release of all offenders who committed the above crimes from all state prisons, city, municipals, county, township jails, and detention centers immediately start the expungement process, cost to the state of Oklahoma, for all persons released for the following crimes. A) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana; B) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana, with the intent to distribute; C) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance marijuana within 2000 feet of a school or public park; D) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana, in the presence of a minor child; E) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana, without a tax stamp; and F) possession of proceeds derived from a violation of the uniform controlled dangerous substance act to wit any of the crimes listed in sections A through E herein.
The state of Oklahoma shall expunge the records of all offenders, with costs to the state of Oklahoma, for all persons who have been convicted of and or charged for the following crimes. Possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana; possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana with the intent to distribute; C) possession of a controlled dangerous substance, marijuana, within 2000 feet of a school or public park; D) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana, in the presence of a minor child; E) possession of a controlled, dangerous substance, marijuana, without a tax stamp; and, F) possession of proceeds derived from a violation of the uniform controlled dangerous substance act to wit any of the crimes listed in sections A through E herein.
Effective date. This article shall become effective immediately upon the passage of this article.
So that is the decriminalization bill, state question 812 in its entirety. I did not read the preamble. We will put in the link in the comments so that you can check it out yourself to make sure that I didn’t give you halfway.
Now, in the beginning of this, in the preamble, you’ll see that this would be article 32 and it refers to article 31. We do have another state question. It’s state question 813, which would fix all of the problems with the medical marijuana program that our legislature has rained on us. It would also bring in recreational, in a very controlled fashion, to where it’s more regulated, and, how do I put this?
It’s controlled and it’ll keep the black market out. That’s the word, that’s what I was looking for. We want to protect our medical marijuana program. Recreational is going to come whether we want it or not. That bell has been rang with state question 806, 807, and 808.
However, those three, now 806 has been pulled back, but 807 and 808 are still hanging in there. So we want to show people that we can have medical, we can have recreational, but we don’t need the recreational like they have in California and Colorado to the point that it ruins the medical program.
I hope that makes sense. I will be doing another video on each of the different sections of state question 813. So stay tuned. If you have any questions, put them in the comments. I will try and answer them there. Thank you. See you next time.