Oklahoma voters, who approved medical marijuana by a 14-point margin in 2018, yesterday declined to go further, rejecting a ballot measure that would have allowed recreational use and authorized state-licensed businesses to serve that market. State Question 820, which was the only thing on the ballot in most counties during this special election, was opposed by 62 percent of voters. The initiative, which originally was proposed for last November's ballot but was delayed by a legal challenge, would have made Oklahoma the 22nd state to legalize recreational marijuana.
"We're pleased and excited that Oklahomans recognize the dangers of marijuana to our kids, to our families," Pat McFerron, a spokesman for the opposition campaign, told KFOR, the NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City. "What [voters] said was, 'We don't want to go further. We've seen the ills of unfettered marijuana use in our state. We've heard those stories from other places, and we don't want to travel down that road.'"
