by Brian Huddleston | Dec 24, 2017 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
As Oklahoma citizens consider State Question 788, landlords and property managers need to know how to address medical marijuana use in their buildings. The supremacy clause in the U.S. Constitution says that states must not (and cannot) enact laws that conflict with...
by Brian Huddleston | Dec 9, 2017 | Legislation & Case Notes
While supporters had gathered enough signatures to place the measure before voters in 2016, advocates had filed a lawsuit against then-Attorney General E. Scott Pruit after he rewrote the initiative?s ballot title, delaying the vote. Advocates were successful in their...
by Brian Huddleston | Dec 9, 2017 | Legislation & Case Notes
Oklahoma has expanded?its limited protection for patients who use low-THC, high-CBD cannabis oil for certain medical conditions, which was initially passed in 2015. HB 2835 allows adults to use low-THC cannabis oil (minors were already covered by existing law) and...
by Brian Huddleston | Dec 9, 2017 | Legislation & Case Notes
On November 8 2016, 58% of Oklahoma voters supported State Question 780, which makes all marijuana possession offenses misdemeanors effective July 1, 2017. Oklahoma still has further to go, as the penalty for first-time marijuana possession will remain up to one year...
by Brian Huddleston | Nov 9, 2017 | Legislation & Case Notes
If you do not stop when those red lights are activated for a school bus, or a church bus, and you drive past that bus, in addition to a fine and other penalties such as points on your license and record, you’re going to lose your driver’s license for a...
