Wed Mar 8, 2023 – 3:04 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – Oklahoma residents voted overwhelmingly Tuesday against a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in the Sooner State, in the latest defeat for a movement uniting leftists and libertarians.
Oklahoma State Question 820, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, provided for “legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 years old and older, allowing adults to possess up to one ounce (28.35 grams) of marijuana and grow up to six mature marijuana plants and up to six seedlings, and enacting a tax on marijuana sales.”
Oklahoma already permits marijuana use for ostensibly medicinal purposes; the initiative would have made it the 22nd state (plus the District of Columbia) to allow recreational use. But voters ultimately rejected it 61.8% to 38.2%, despite supporters outspending opponents by twenty-to-one, News-Press Now reports.
“Oklahoma is a law and order state,” responded Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who opposed the initiative. “I remain committed to protecting Oklahomans and my administration will continue to hold bad actors accountable and crack down on illegal marijuana operations in our state.”
“We’re pleased the voters have spoken,” added Republican strategist Pat McFerron, who led the campaign against 820. “We think this sends
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