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Related: About this forumOklahoma Lawmaker Wants To Legalize Marijuana Because It's God's 'Miraculous' Creation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/16/constance-johnson-marijuana-god_n_5499048.htmlThe Huffington Post | By Shadee Ashtari
Posted: 06/16/2014 9:39 am EDT Updated: 06/16/2014 4:00 pm EDT
Oklahoma state Sen. Constance Johnson (D) announced Friday the filing of a statewide initiative to legalize recreational marijuana, citing God's creation of "this wonderful, miraculous plant" as a basis for comprehensive marijuana reform.
"We're putting forth Genesis 1:29 as the basis of this campaign," Johnson told supporters at the state capitol Friday, according to KFOR. "God created this wonderful, miraculous plant and we know that it has been vilified for the last 100 years, and it's time to change that in Oklahoma."
The petition, which aims to legalize up to one ounce of recreational marijuana and three ounces of medical marijuana, would require at least 160,000 signatures from registered voters within three months to appear on the November statewide ballot.
Johnson, who has partnered up with Oklahoma City criminal defense lawyer David Slane to advance the initiative, blamed existing marijuana policies for filling up the state's prisons with "non-violent, marijuana possessing people."
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Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants To Legalize Marijuana Because It's God's 'Miraculous' Creation (Original Post)
cbayer
Jun 2014
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Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)1. Broken clock syndrome. nt.
kysrsoze
(6,023 posts)2. Amen, brother.
WovenGems
(776 posts)3. Once upon a time
I asked a rabbi about why booze and not pot were in the OT. He said "Laws are about what is wrong. Thus no need to talk of something that isn't causing problems." Which may explain why churches have been so quiet regarding pot laws.