OK Goes Recreational? State Question 806 Recreational Marijuana Graphic

Two Oklahoma residents filed an initiative to legalize adult-use marijuana in Oklahoma.

The initiative would amend the Oklahoma Constitution to legalize marijuana for recreational use with caveats. Many on social media are concerned about the after-effects it may have on the OMMA and the medical marijuana patients and operators.

The Recreational Marijuana Petition

State Question 806 needs 178,000 valid voter signatures to make a 2020 ballot and would have 90 days to gather signatures.

• Filed by Amy Young & Vanessa Avery

• Legalize possession of marijuana

• Legalize consumption of marijuana

• Must be 21 years of age or older

• Motor vehicle restrictions

• School restrictions

• Restrictions for those performing tasks that “would constituent negligence or professional malpractice” if intoxicated

• $25 fine for smoking marijuana in a public or otherwise prohibited place.

It would also

• Rename the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority as the Oklahoma Marijuana Authority

• Set requirements for licensing

• No licensee selling marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school

• Allow a local government to “enact ordinances or other regulations governing the time, place and manner of operating