190,000 licensed patients projected by August 25th anniversary.
As is their weekly habit, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority posted the summary numbers from the previous week's paperwork. This week showed a continuity of what we've known since the beginning of February. Each week we add more than 5000 new licensed patients to our state rolls. Last August the top leadership of the new agency told our legislators that we would likely have about 80,000 total business and patient licenses by the next August. Well, that number was wildly lower than the reality we see at this point. They based their numbers off of Arizona and perhaps other states whom the regarded as similar in statute to our SQ788.
But Oklahomans have a passion for living free and independently. As the research data and anecdotal realities continue to come in, we see 4 major groups of patients with very serious or chronic conditions are now turning to Cannabis as the safest and/or most effective means of alleviating their suffering and restoring their quality of life.
Navy Veteran, Cody Barlow, have a very simple and powerful testimony to the legislature. Listen to his success story, here. |
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So now we have 18 weeks left before we celebrate the first anniversary of SQ788's implementation. If we continue registering new patients at the rate we have for the past 3 months, then Oklahoma will have 190,000 licensed patients having access to a wonderful and very old homeopathic drug. It's a drug that, even if it gets used 'off label' or casually, is still far less dangerous than beer. It poses no elevated risk of cancer if smoked in raw flower form. It's far less harmful to the liver than most other pills or capsules that the local pharmacy dispenses.
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Among the medical conditions for which cannabis is recommended, are;
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