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Oklahoma Compassionate Care Campaign
LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR OKLAHOMA


"Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man."

SB 573 and Family Who Supports It to be Profiled

IMPORTANT NEWS: SB 573, the bill to legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma, and a family who supports it, will be profiled on OKC's KOCO channel 5 news at 10pm on Monday, January 30, 2012. The family has a child who is having difficulty coping with autism.

SB 573 - The Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Oklahoma

In 2011, major progress was made to legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma at the State Capitol through the introduction of SB 573 before stalling. The Oklahoma State Legislature will soon resume for 2012. Now is the time to write your state senator at the Oklahoma State Capitol, asking him or her to give support to legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma by becoming a co-sponsor for Senate Bill 573. Find info needed to contact your State Senator at the bottom right corner of this page.

This bill has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services where it must first be granted a hearing before it can further advance. Please also write to Senator Brian A. Crain, chairman of this committee, asking him to please set a hearing date for it. The text to SB 573 can be viewed here.


Listen to 3 Stillwater area state legislators reveal how they would vote on legalizing medical marijuana from a Jan. 26th, 2012 town hall meeting here.

These Top Anti-Drug Proponents Change Minds, Now Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana:

-Dr. Donald Tashkin, anti marijuana researcher for the National Institute on Drug Abuse
-Dr. David E. Krahl, Ph.D., former Deputy Director of the Drug Free America Foundation
-John J. Dilulio, Jr., co-author - How to Win America's War Against Crime and Drugs


red arrow New California Studies Show Marijuana Effective for Relieving Chronic Pain and Easing Muscle Spasms

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red arrow 81% Surveyed Back Med Marijuana, but Feds Won't Budge

Medical marijuana isn't allowed as a defense in court in Oklahoma. Why?

"Marijuana is Medicine" Forum Held in Edmond.

On April 19, 2009, we had an opportunity to learn about the medical aspects of marijuana (cannabis) at a pubic meeting in Edmond sponsored by the Drug Policy Forum of Oklahoma. Two health care professionals gave informative talks and two potential candidates for medical use (if it were legal) discussed their points of view.

The late Dr. Morton Skorodin, of Stillwater, discussed for a lay audience the scientific background regarding benefits, risks and side effects of cannabis. Bill Humphries, R. N., who specializes as a hospice nurse, discussed the clinical condition for which its use is indicated. He also discussed some of the legal intricacies involved. In at least 15 states it is legal, but not in Oklahoma.

Some of the scientific findings are amazing, and it seems likely that cannabis and its derivatives will be used extensively as medicine in the future. It has been used since Bible times for symptoms such as nausea and pain. Many people are aware that cancer patients use it to relieve nausea from chemotherapy. What was really surprising was to learn that it actually can fight cancer itself, as has been shown in lab animals with a wide variety of cancer types. In Spain they put the major compound, THC, in the actual brain tumors of people with the highly malignant glioblastoma.

Another recent finding is that cannabis blocks the same enzyme that standard Alzheimer's drugs do, but more efficiently. In the next few years, we may find out that those aging hippies unknowingly protected themselves from dementia by smoking pot. There are many other illnesses for which cannabis may be helpful. Although remarkably safe as medications go, with no reported fatalities, smoking it promotes chronic bronchitis and it can be habit-forming. Smoking it can be avoided, though, by using it with a vaporizer, as tea, or used in food, such as brownies. Not to be forgotten, the drug war vastly increases the danger of cannabis. It is illegal under federal law even where specifically legal for medical use under state law.

The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act (HR-5842), introduced by Rep. Ron Paul, would make federal authorities respect states' current laws on medical cannabis and end DEA raids on facilities distributing medical marijuana legally under state law. Please write or call your representative to ask him to support this bill.


FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Federal law prohibits any use of marijuana, but Maine, Vermont, Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, New Jersey, Washington, New Mexico, Michigan and Rhode Island allow it to be grown and used for medicinal purposes.

Legal medical marijuana is NOT available in Oklahoma. Sick Oklahomans need your help to allow them to seek medical marijuana treatment. It has been found to aid those suffering from chronic pain, glaucoma, neurologic disorders, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, AIDS-wasting syndrome, and nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy.

Doctors and patients in 14 states can freely decide if marijuana is the best medicine. Unfortunately in Oklahoma, citizens who need marijuana are treated like common criminals. They are locked up in our very overcrowded prisons and then we have to pay for their medical care. Our law provides no defense based on a medical necessity, even when a person cannot afford drug store medicines. How that added misjustice came about may be explained by this story.


DPRNOK Needs Your Support!

ARE YOU A PATIENT WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM USING MARIJUANA AS A MEDICINE? ARE YOU A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS AWARE OF ITS THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS? PLEASE CONTACT US NOW!! We are seeking endorsements from Oklahoma doctors, patients, and prominent organizations.

We need Oklahomans who could benefit from medical marijuana to tell their stories and/or even testify to legislators about those who are either sick or in pain and who want or need medical marijuana. All interviews will be kept private unless we have your permission to tell your story.

red arrow Please use this online form to tell your story, or phone (405)370-5512.
red arrow Mail to: DPRNOK, P O BOX 10641, Midwest City, OK 73140
red arrow Our political web site and sponsor of OCCC: DPRNOK

Please call your OK senator and representative and tell them to sponsor, or support, the Oklahoma Compassionate Care Medical Marijuana bill. Find and e-mail your state legislators here, or off the Internet at the Oklahoma Election Board (405)521-2391, or contact your county election board.

The campaign has a tiny budget. We need your contributions to afford more publicity. We need volunteers to help with a wide range of activities. With your help, we can build a strong statewide coalition for medical marijuana. Your active participation is the most important contribution of all. To endorse this campaign or get more information contact: 405-506-DRUG or E-mail. Endorsements may also be made here on this web page. To make a donation or to subscribe for one year for $10 to this cause online through the Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma, the group behind the Oklahoma Compassionate Care Campaign, please click appropriate PayPal below:

For more ways to donate go here.

Or, if you prefer, mail in donations via this print out form.


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Important Message From the DPFNOK President Here


Endorsements being sought from Oklahomans for medical marijuana. Please go here for more info.

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activist ladies Activist Ladies Offer Legislators Advice on Medical Marijuana--"Get Busy!" here.

RosenfeldLegal Federal Medical Marijuana Patient Irvin Rosenfeld Testifies Before a Michigan Legislative Committee More on Rosenfeld here.

patientEddie of South Carolina Tells of His Experience With Medical Marijuana


Mother Credits Medical Marijuana For Saving Her Autistic Boy's Life. Video here.


Montel WilliamsView Montel Williams Highly Compelling Medical Marijuana Show From 2004


In 2001, four long term medical marijuana patients were given medical exams. Results discussed here in a three part video.


Medical Marijuana Gets Boost From the American Medical Association

A List of the Medical Organizations That Endorse Medical Marijuana.


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red arrow The Science of Medical Marijuana Prohibition

red arrowSafe Access Now
(Defending Patients' Access to Medical Marijuana)

red arrowMedical Marijuana Briefing Paper 2011

red arrowStudy Shows Medical Marijuana Laws Don't Increase Teen Marijuana Use.

red arrow New Studies Destroy the Last Objection to Medical Marijuana

red arrowU. S. Supreme Court Declines Reviewing Police Ordered Return of Medical Marijuana. Details here.


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ALSO CONTACT!

Also please contact your legislators at the State Capitol to let them be aware you support legalizing medical marijuana in Oklahoma. Find and E-mail your legislators here.

Will Foster "I am going to be an activist. It is up to us to change these laws. And it is going to take money, because if we don't put in the money we aren't going to win. That is the bottom line.

My medical use of marijuana never interfered with my work; I ran a successful business. I told my conservative doctor what I was doing; he did not really agree with it because of the health risk of smoking, but he witnessed my positive results. I was minding my own business taking care of my health and my family. What was I doing to anybody that got me 93 years?" By former Oklahoman Will Foster after his release from prison. He was convicted of cultivating marijuana, used for his own medical purposes.


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