2018 OK Governor's race: on Drugs
Chris Powell:
Marijuana isn't a gateway drug
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Marijuana is a gateway drug"?
A: Strongly oppose.
Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Oklahoma Governor candidate
May 15, 2018
Joe Maldonado:
Marijuana isn't a gateway drug
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Marijuana is a gateway drug"?
A: NO.
Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Oklahoma Governor candidate
May 15, 2018
Drew Edmondson:
Backs new drug law making possession of drugs a misdeameanor
Edmondson said recent drug law changes by 2 state questions make simple possession of drugs a misdemeanor--even a 2nd or 3rd offense. "So people's whose offense that is the simple possession of marijuana are not going to be prison eligible,"
he said. "Now possession with intent or actual distribution--that's another matter. It's the DA's discretion as to whether to file that as a felony." Edmondson said such measures will eventually help reduce the prison population.
Source: Edmond Sun on 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial race
Feb 20, 2018
Connie Johnson:
Strong proponent of legalizing medical marijuana
Republican gubernatorial candidates mostly avoided taking a clear stance on whether they will support a state question legalizing medical marijuana. Both Democratic candidates are supporters of the question, if not the timing of the vote.Gov. Mary
Fallin announced that State Question 788 will be on the June 26 statewide ballot, which also will include primary races for governor and many other offices.
Passage of the question would allow people with a state-issued medical license approved by a
board-certified physician to possess certain amounts of marijuana. The question would also establish a regulatory regime for growing and selling marijuana. Medical marijuana is legal in 29 states and the District of Columbia; Oklahoma has never voted
on the issue.
Former state Sen. Connie Johnson is a strong proponent of legalizing medical marijuana. She authored legalization bills that failed to clear the Legislature, and she helped with the petition that resulted in State Question 788.
Source: The Oklahoman on 2018 Oklahoma governor race
Jan 8, 2018
Gary Richardson:
If people vote to legalize medical marijuana, I'll honor it
Gov. Mary Fallin announced that State Question 788 will be on the June 26 statewide ballot, which also will include primary races for governor and many other offices. Republican candidate Gary Richardson, of Tulsa, said, "I have said from the beginning
of my campaign that the people are the ultimate legislative body according to our state constitution and as Governor I will honor the will of the people when they vote on SQ788 this June."
Passage of the question would allow people with a state-issued medical license approved by a board-certified physician to possess certain amounts of marijuana.
The question would also establish a regulatory regime for growing and selling marijuana. Medical marijuana is legal in 29 states and the District of Columbia; Oklahoma has never voted on the issue.
Source: The Oklahoman on 2018 Oklahoma governor race
Jan 8, 2018
Kevin Stitt:
Supports legalizing medical marijuana if strictly medicinal
Republican gubernatorial candidates mostly avoided taking a clear stance on whether they will support a question legalizing medical marijuana. In an interview, Kevin Stitt, running for the GOP nomination, said, "If a doctor's going to prescribe it
for legitimate purposes, I'd be supportive of that. What I'm concerned about with the bill - and I've talked to some of the physician groups - the way it's written it looks a little broad, and it looks a little too much like recreational use to me.
Source: The Oklahoman on 2018 Oklahoma Gubernatorial race
Jan 8, 2018
Connie Johnson:
Ending the war on drugs would improve criminal justice
Q: How would you fix Oklahoma's prison system?Johnson: "We improve the criminal justice system by removing the situation that got us here: the war on drugs."
Johnson then went on to decry the amount of women locked up in
Oklahoma, saying it then leads to children without mothers who go to schools where counselors aren't available. It perpetuates a cycle, she said, that is in part fueled by private prisons.
Source: Norman Transcript on 2018 Oklahoma governor debate
Jan 7, 2018
Connie Johnson:
Advocate for decriminalized and medical marijuana
A Democrat who supports legal marijuana is publicly building support for a possible governor campaign. In a Facebook post, former state Sen. Connie
Johnson asked her supporters to post their ideas to improve the state. "Friends, please travel this journey with us as we transition this page to support the next call to public service, running for governor of the state of Oklahoma," Johnson posted.
Johnson ran for U.S. Senate in 2014 but got less than one-third of the vote.
It was her first and, until now, only statewide candidacy after serving in the Oklahoma Senate. She has advocated for decriminalized and medical marijuana.
Source: The Oklahoman on 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial race
Feb 4, 2017
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