Jacob Redmond
Well-Known Member
Motorists may have noticed the tent on the corner of Radio Road and west Main Street, just east of Walmart.
The tent has two flags flying that are receiving attention in Durant.
One is the marijuana flag and the other is the medical marijuana flag.
The people under the flags say they are not weekend partiers, but a group of people hoping to legalize the plant they display on those flags.
Vicki Gaylor leads the group and she hopes to get hemp removed from the list of dangerous substances and that is why she sets up there.
Many will remember Gaylor’s run for state senator recently against incumbent Josh Brecheen and candidate Joe B. Hill.
Part of her political platform in that race was the legalization of marijuana for medical use.
She didn’t get the votes and win that campaign but this campaign, she thinks she could very well could win.
She said just because she lost that election, it did not mean she would stop campaigning for the plant she loves.
She’s an advocate for the legalization of medical marijuana and hemp and until it is legalized, she will use every legal means she can to accomplish her goal.
Her group has a petition in the works that removes hemp from the list of controlled drugs in Oklahoma.
She further hopes to legalize the medical use of marijuana.
Even though hemp and marijuana are both made from the cannabis plant, hemp seeds contain negligible levels of Tetrhydrocannabinol which is the psychoactive substance in marijuana. Many get confused that one is the same as the other. They are very closely related but different.
“Hemp for Victory” was a slogan used in World War II because hemp helped the war effort.
Farmers grew hemp as part of their normal crops to help the United States win the war.
A second objective for Gaylor is to get as many signatures collected to get the Libertarian Party on the ballot in Oklahoma.
The Libertarians are paying Gaylor $2 for each signature they acquire.
Gaylor said, “The Democrats have their own little column, the Republicans have their own little column and they want the Libertarians to have their own column.”
She said she does not back or endorse any political party with her effort to legalize hemp and medical marijuana.
Gaylor said, “There are over 100,000 different products that can be made from hemp.”
Hemp is a very strong substance and because of that, rope and many fiber products are made from the plant.
It is blended with cotton and wool to make fabric. The seed is used for feed and as mixed in bird seed mixtures.
Paper, textiles, clothing, biodegradable plastics, body products, health food and bio fuel are all beneficial hemp products, according to Gaylor.
Gaylor was asked, why would the government not want hemp legalized, since it’s THC contents is so low? She said, “The oil companies don’t want hemp oil on the market to power cars because it would cut into their profits.”
Hemp as a food is another way it is useful, according to Gaylor. Hemp seeds can be eaten raw, ground into a meal, sprouted, made into hemp milk (akin to soy milk), prepared as tea and used in baking.
Advocates say if a patient is diagnosed with a condition that marijuana would help, if it were legalized, it could benefit where traditional drugs do not.
If legalized, when a diagnosis warrants, their doctor would then suggest that the patient be able to use marijuana for that medical reason.
Gaylor will be positioned with her team on the weekends until the official petition for the legalization of hemp is released from the Oklahoma Secretary of State on Oct. 1.
When that happens, she said she will be hitting the streets even stronger, with more people to get medical marijuana legalized.
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Full Article: Medical marijuana supporters are in Durant - Durant Democrat
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The tent has two flags flying that are receiving attention in Durant.
One is the marijuana flag and the other is the medical marijuana flag.
The people under the flags say they are not weekend partiers, but a group of people hoping to legalize the plant they display on those flags.
Vicki Gaylor leads the group and she hopes to get hemp removed from the list of dangerous substances and that is why she sets up there.
Many will remember Gaylor’s run for state senator recently against incumbent Josh Brecheen and candidate Joe B. Hill.
Part of her political platform in that race was the legalization of marijuana for medical use.
She didn’t get the votes and win that campaign but this campaign, she thinks she could very well could win.
She said just because she lost that election, it did not mean she would stop campaigning for the plant she loves.
She’s an advocate for the legalization of medical marijuana and hemp and until it is legalized, she will use every legal means she can to accomplish her goal.
Her group has a petition in the works that removes hemp from the list of controlled drugs in Oklahoma.
She further hopes to legalize the medical use of marijuana.
Even though hemp and marijuana are both made from the cannabis plant, hemp seeds contain negligible levels of Tetrhydrocannabinol which is the psychoactive substance in marijuana. Many get confused that one is the same as the other. They are very closely related but different.
“Hemp for Victory” was a slogan used in World War II because hemp helped the war effort.
Farmers grew hemp as part of their normal crops to help the United States win the war.
A second objective for Gaylor is to get as many signatures collected to get the Libertarian Party on the ballot in Oklahoma.
The Libertarians are paying Gaylor $2 for each signature they acquire.
Gaylor said, “The Democrats have their own little column, the Republicans have their own little column and they want the Libertarians to have their own column.”
She said she does not back or endorse any political party with her effort to legalize hemp and medical marijuana.
Gaylor said, “There are over 100,000 different products that can be made from hemp.”
Hemp is a very strong substance and because of that, rope and many fiber products are made from the plant.
It is blended with cotton and wool to make fabric. The seed is used for feed and as mixed in bird seed mixtures.
Paper, textiles, clothing, biodegradable plastics, body products, health food and bio fuel are all beneficial hemp products, according to Gaylor.
Gaylor was asked, why would the government not want hemp legalized, since it’s THC contents is so low? She said, “The oil companies don’t want hemp oil on the market to power cars because it would cut into their profits.”
Hemp as a food is another way it is useful, according to Gaylor. Hemp seeds can be eaten raw, ground into a meal, sprouted, made into hemp milk (akin to soy milk), prepared as tea and used in baking.
Advocates say if a patient is diagnosed with a condition that marijuana would help, if it were legalized, it could benefit where traditional drugs do not.
If legalized, when a diagnosis warrants, their doctor would then suggest that the patient be able to use marijuana for that medical reason.
Gaylor will be positioned with her team on the weekends until the official petition for the legalization of hemp is released from the Oklahoma Secretary of State on Oct. 1.
When that happens, she said she will be hitting the streets even stronger, with more people to get medical marijuana legalized.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Medical marijuana supporters are in Durant - Durant Democrat
Author: Dan Pennington
Contact: Email Author
Photo Credit: Glen Stubbe – Star Tribune
Website: The Durant Daily Democrat
