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Gavel to Gavel: Marijuana could complicate child custody cases
Cassity B. Gies
Almost three years after passing State Question 788 legalizing medical marijuana, Oklahoma struggles to manage the competing interests surrounding a legal concept colored with controversial opinions, long-standing prejudices, and discriminatory undertones that linger in the air every bit as noticeable as the smell of marijuana.
Far from a settled issue, the debate surrounding the medicinal value of the marijuana plant carries hundreds of years of societal and legal baggage, complicating the implementation of Oklahoma’s newest industry.
Our family law practice handles medicinal marijuana issues on a weekly basis now. The impact of holding a medical marijuana card varies according to every situation, and multiple factors affect the extent that a patient card or commercial business license can complicate a custody decision.
“I feel like this was an injustice for the simple fact that if the roles were reversed, if this was a white person inside the facility, he would not be in this situation,” LaRue Bratcher's wife, Vicky Bratcher, said.
Aaron KellerJun 2nd, 2021, 1:10 pm
The family of an Oklahoma Army veteran
LaRue Bratcher, 34, is increasingly speaking out against the Bratcher’s upcoming trial on a list of charges connected to the shooting and killing of a man who was allegedly trying to break into Bratcher’s business.
Bratcher, who is Black, is charged with pulling the trigger and killing
Daniel Hardwick, 42, who is white. According to Yahoo! News, video shows that on May 27, 2020, Hardwick parked his car at the rear of Bratcher’s business around 1:00 a.m. and “jostle[d] with the door handle, attempting to gain entry.” Bratcher’s business grew medical marijuana, and May 27 was the second night in a row that Hardwick had shown up, the report said.