Other State Medical marijuana or guns? Oklahoma latest state forced to choose

[Joe Link]

Medical marijuana or guns? Oklahoma latest state forced to choose

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[Dungannon]

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Oklahoma became the 30th state to legalize medical marijuana earlier this week, but residents who want to have a medical cannabis card and own a gun may see their hopes go up in smoke.

On Thursday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) confirmed to ABC affiliate KOCO-TV that the conditions of a 2011 open letter, which states that federal law prohibits anybone who is an "unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance" from "possessing firearms or ammunition," still stands. The letter says that anyone who uses marijuana, regardless of state law, qualifies as an "unlawful user of" the controlled substance, and is therefore prohibited from owning a gun.

Federal officials went on to say that possession of a medical marijuana card was reasonable cause to suspect the card owner of being an unlawful marijuana user, even if the person obtained the card legally.

"Using a controlled substance is a prohibitor, similar to being convicted of a felony offense," Meredith Davis, a special agent with the ATF, told NBC affiliate KFOR-TV. As the Bureau outlines, felons are prohibited from possessing a firearm.

One loophole that could allow a household to access to both a gun and a medical marijuana card, KFOR-TV reports, is if a spouse required medical marijuana for an illness and the other spouse owned a firearm. According to KFOR-TV, in that instance, the ATF could grant permission for the gun to remain in the household, as long as the spouse with the card had no access to the weapon.

 

[OldTengu]

As a non user who works in the medical marijuana commmunity...

Take it away. Most folks don't understand the difference between "medicating" and getting f'ed up. Cheapens the plant and its real uses. I am 100% for repealing recreational cannabis at this point. I feel like it is treated now like booze was in the 50s. Some folks are continuously under the influence, which compounds any cheapening of the medical end of that spectrum.

Edit: If over consumption and public consumption laws were enforced better, I would be more ok with it. Also, if the taxes appeared to be going to where we were all told they were, that would be nice.