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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."


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

Oklahomans Voice Their Experiences With Medical marijuana.

med pot logo Updated Medical Marijuana News And Views Here.

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


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

patientEddie of South Carolina Tells of His Experience With Medical Marijuana.



autismMother Credits Medical Marijuana For Saving Her Autistic Son's Life. Video here.


Montel WilliamsView Montel Williams Highly Compelling Medical Marijuana Show From 2004. It's Still Quite Relevent Today. He is a Medical Marijuana User.


Medical Marijuana Gets Boost From the American Medical Association

A List of the Medical Organizations That Endorse Medical Marijuana.


red arrow In 2001, four long term legal medical marijuana patients were given medical exams. Results discussed here in a three part video.
red arrow Medical Marijuana Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol 2/17/2010 and here.

red arrow Why is Marijuana Illegal?
red arrow The Science of Medical Marijuana Prohibition

red arrow Safe Access Now
(Defending Patients' Access to Medical Marijuana)

red arrow Medical Marijuana Briefing Paper 2011

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

red arrow New Studies Destroy the Last Objection to Medical Marijuana

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

red arrow MANY MORE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LINKS

WANT TO HELP? 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. Also please consider subscribing or donating to the cause. Info for doing that is to the right.


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.

"A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

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Thanks to everyone who turned out for the Almost 4/20 Rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol, held 4/18/12. Here is FOX 25's coverage of the event.

red arrow Read speech given at the rally by activist Denise Stahl here
red arrow Video from scene pictured below available here

Woodward at Rally

Mark Woodward of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs shown facing two young gentlemen in wheelchairs, who both support legalizing medical marijuana, while at the Almost 4/20 Rally. Woodward opposes doing that.

Yukon Family Pushes To Legalize Medical Marijuana In Oklahoma For Autistic Son

red arrow Story profiled on KWTV 9 Oklahoma City. Video here
red arrow Also Profiled on KOCO 5 Oklahoma City here.


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

red arrow Dr. Donald Tashkin, anti marijuana researcher for the National Institute on Drug Abuse
red arrow Dr. David E. Krahl, Ph.D., former Deputy Director of the Drug Free America Foundation
red arrow 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
red arrow U. S. Government Owns Patent on Medical Marijuana
red arrow 81% Surveyed Back Med Marijuana, but Feds Won't Budge
Listen to three Stillwater area state legislators reveal how they would vote on legalizing medical marijuana from a Jan. 26th, 2012 town hall meeting here.
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. More here...

DPRNOK and OCCC Need 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

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(3784) 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. Subscriptions include quarterly newsletters.




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Have questions about OCCC and DPRNOK? Call 405-506-DRUG(3784) or Email
red arrow Almost 4/20 Follow Up Message From President of Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma Here
drug peace

Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma

DPRNOK serves the public with info and expert opinion about drugs based on concepts of freedom, liberty and responsibility.

Coming from a state where a family man, Will Foster, was initially sentenced to prison for 93 years and fined $65,000 after growing marijuana to treat his rheumatoid arthritis pain, the Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma (DPRNOK) is a group of concerned citizens seeking to open up for discussion alternatives to current drug policy.

We believe that the attempt to use the criminal justice system to discourage drug abuse or the so called "war on drugs" has backfired. It simply does not work, and the unintended consequences are now causing more damage to society than the drugs themselves could ever have caused. For too long this critical issue has been obscured by myth, misinformation and an absence of intelligent debate.

Our intent is that the information made available will increase the level and quality of the debate so that citizens may be in better positions to affect change toward a sane drug policy.

Changes in drug policy that DPRNOK believes to be desirable can be found below under our mission. Also DPRNOK calls for a Drug War Truce with Peace Negotiations.

The DPRNOK Mission
  1. Support drug policies based on public health and education, instead of criminal justice.
  2. End racially discriminatory drug policies and enforcement measures.
  3. Support science based drug education and end support for ineffective programs.
  4. Differentiate between “use” and “abuse”.
  5. Make methadone maintenance and other treatment readily available.
  6. Remove obstacles for proper use of medications for pain and terminal illness.
  7. Support medical marijuana.
  8. End criminal penalties for marijuana, except for distribution to children.
  9. Allow U.S. farmers to cultivate hemp.
  10. Repeal mandatory minimums. End incarceration for simple possession.
  11. End discrimination against people with past drug problems or offenses.
  12. Support harm reduction programs, such as syringe exchange, to reduce HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other diseases.
  13. End asset forfeiture abuses.

LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES ON THE WAR ON DRUGS:
"Take it from a businessman: The War on Drugs is just money down the drain."
Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New Mexico (1995-2003)

"Penalties for the possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individial than the use of the drug itself."
Jimmy Carter, 39th U. S. President

"We need at least to consider and examine forms of controlled legalization of drugs."
George Shultz, Former U. S. Secretary of State

"Can any policy, however high minded, be moral if it leads to widespread corruption, imprisons so many, has so racist an effect, destroys our inner cities, wreaks havoc on misguided and vulnerable individuals and brings death and destruction to foreign countries?"
Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize Winner, Economics

"Eighty-five million Americans have experimented with illegal drugs. Since the object of criminal law is to detect and punish the wrongdoer, should we reason that 85 million of us should have spend time in jail?"
William F. Buckley, Jr., Founder, National Review
Dr. VolkmannHow One Medical Doctor Views the Political Insanity Over Marijuana and Other Drug Use While Offering Suggestions for Changes in Public Policy
Howard and MistyCop on Horseback Tells of Biggest Failed Social Experiment Since Slavery
Also by cop: Last Gasp Rhetoric of the Prohibition Crowd

"The biggest legislative flub-up of the century
was the criminalization of drugs such as marijuana, heroin, and cocaine. On a federal level, the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914 and the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 made it illegal to possess or sell such drugs. Numerous federal and state statutes have further codified anti-drug laws. The result has been the creation of a criminal drug subculture, increased drug use and drug-related crimes, and poor allocation of law enforcement resources." Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School professor

"It is time for America to move beyond its moral crusade and adopt a public-health approach to the problem of drug abuse, an approach that is likely to be much more successful and certainly more humane." The Lancet, a leading medical journal
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