Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Bill Assigned to Health Committee

Oklahoma Senate Bill 573, the bill to decriminalize marijuana possession and cultivation for those under the supervision of a physician, is currently in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. It faces two obstacles to making it to the floor: it needs a House author, and Committee Chair Sen. Brian Crain (R-Tulsa) needs to allow the committee to hear it.

While I have said before that I don't think the bill goes far enough, it is a step in the right direction. Everyone who supports this bill should be contacting each member of the committee, especially people who are in those Senators' districts. You should also be contacting your Senator and ask them to represent you in expressing your feelings about the bill to those committee members, and especially to the committee chair.

Personally, I don't see it even getting out of committee. If by some miracle it does, then I really don't see it passing either chamber, and especially not being signed into law or surviving a veto override. Nonetheless, it is still extremely important that you let your Senators and Representatives know how you feel about the wrongful prohibition of marijuana, especially for medical purposes.