Thread by @CathJSweeney

Thread: I'll be tweeting some details from the #SQ788 lawsuit filed in Cleveland County today. Here's the link. If you want to read the complaint, find the PDF under petition. I'll upload a PDF in a but. oscn.net/dockets/GetCas…

Plaintiffs include residents who would be medical marijuana licensees or parents of minors who would qualify. Conditions include seizure disorders, chronic pain, anxiety, migraines and insomnia.

"(Plaintiffs) have been denied proper access to medical care and treatment by the arbitrary and capricious rules adopted by the DOH which exceed their rule making authority and which impair Plaintiffs rights under Oklahoma State law."

"The plain language of SQ 788 does not enable the Oklahoma Health Department to create rules related to the use, ingestion method, distribution, possession or growth of medical marijuana, except as specifically set forth therein."

"The rules only enable the creation of an administrative body to issue and administer rule making on the issuance of license, food safety standards and inventory tracking."

These screen shots show which provisions the litigants argue break the law set forth in SQ 788.

"... It is clear from reading the statutes that the people voted on and approved a statute that contemplated marijuana being used in a smokable form as the statutes throughout reference "marijuana" and "marijuana derivatives."

"The plan language of SQ 788 ... places no limitation or give authority to place limitations on the quantity of THC that is allowed i a medical marijuana product and thus any such limitations are arbitrary and capricious and violate the legislative intent of SQ 788."

"The Governor declined to call a special session, so the words of the statute, as passed by the citizens of Oklahoma, denote their intent, which has not been changed by the Legislature."

That's the crux of the whole lawsuit, that agency officials have to stick to what is in 788.

Relief sought: "...rules regarding the implementation of the the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Program be set aside in their entirety..."