News Oklahoma voters reject legalizing recreational marijuana

[thegreenhand]

Oklahoma voters reject legalizing recreational marijuana​

Sean Murphy
AP
7 Mar 2023

Excerpt:

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters on Tuesday rejected the legalization of recreational marijuana, following a late blitz of opposition from faith leaders, law enforcement and prosecutors.

Oklahoma would have become the 22nd state to legalize adult use of cannabis and join conservative states like Montana and Missouri that have approved similar proposals in recent years. Many conservative states have also rejected the idea, including Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota last year.

Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt and many of the state’s GOP legislators, including nearly every Republican senator, opposed the idea. Former Republican Gov. Frank Keating, an ex-FBI agent, and Terri White, the former head of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, led the “no” campaign.

On Tuesday’s legalization question, the “no” side was outspent more than 20-to-1, with supporters of the initiative spending more than $4.9 million, compared to about $219,000 against, last-minute campaign finance reports show.

 

[thegreenhand]

https://results.okelections.us/OKER/?elecDate=20230307

No - 61.67%
Yes - 38.33%

 

[neversickanymore]

We all don’t have to live the same way. Thank God or I may be forced to believe in the utter nonsense of some “faith.”

 

[crazyhairman]

Lol why would they , literally everyone grows anyway. Sell it right over the border to us for a faaaaat profit