The governor of Oklahoma is repeating his call to roll back the state’s medical marijuana law, and he claims lawmakers are on board with putting the issue before voters again—despite recent comments from GOP leaders who’ve voiced skepticism about that possibility.
In an interview with Family Research Center President Tony Perkins that was released on Wednesday, Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) was asked about his push to repeal Oklahoma’s medical cannabis program, which he’s described as necessary to combat youth use and the proliferation of unlicensed operators.
Oklahomans were “sold a bill of goods” when medical marijuana was on the ballot in 2018 before he became governor, Stitt claimed. “They thought they were passing something that was going to help someone with chronic pain, and that was the only thing that could help them. But what actually happened is we have more dispensaries now than we have pharmacies.”
“The industry is out of control. We grow 32 times more marijuana than actually is consumed legally, so we know it’s brought in cartel activity—Chinese influence, buying land,” he said. “It is not what Oklahomans thought that they were signing up for, and so I’m just asking the legislature, let’s send that back
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