By KTOK News
Jun 1, 2021
A new bill signed into law will make changes to Oklahoma s medical marijuana industry. Under the law, businesses will be allowed to transfer licenses if they are sold to new owners. In addition, the Oklahoma Tax Commission will be allowed to collect a fee so they can audit businesses, and the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority will be able to work with the state Bureau of Narcotics to crack down on illegal businesses.
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Marijuana legalization has achieved such enormous strides, many people are starting to take access to weed for granted. The historical context of the War on Drugs is being forgotten.
The lifting of restrictions against cannabis remains a social, political and economic revolution and as such, the “green rush” still represents the investment opportunity of a lifetime.
For a quick refresher course in marijuana history, I bring you Henry J. Anslinger.
Anslinger served as the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics during the presidencies of Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. The bureau was the precursor of the modern-day Drug Enforcement Administration. Anslinger played the key role in the introduction and passage of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which outlawed possessing or selling pot. Anslinger once told the nation:
Three federal police officers wrestle to the ground and handcuff Jose Oliva at a Veterans Administration hospital in El Paso, Texas, five years ago.
The three federal police officers who brutally assaulted Vietnam veteran José Oliva at a Veterans Administration hospital in El Paso five years ago later claimed he tried to enter the building “without clearing security.” But video of the incident shows that Oliva did nothing to justify the officers’ violence, which caused shoulder injuries requiring two surgeries and left him with “persistent ear and throat issues.”
In a case the Supreme Court is expected to consider for review next week, Oliva argues that he should be able to sue V.A. Officers Mario Nivar, Hector Barahona and Mario Garcia for violating his Fourth Amendment rights. At stake is the question of whether the Court should tolerate what 5th Circuit Judge Don Willett calls a “Constitution-free zone” where citizens can be “brutalized even killed by rogue
Ingalls begins work on cutter named for legendary codebreaker
Updated May 11, 2021;
Legend-class
Friedman (NSC 11).
The Pascagoula shipyard announced Tuesday it had begun fabrication on NSC 11, signifying the first 100 tons of steel for the ship have been cut.
“Our workforce has invested more than a decade of effort, creativity and resolve to make the
Legend-class national security cutter production line incredibly efficient and strong,” said Ingalls president Kari Wilkinson. “We are pleased to achieve this milestone and will continue to look for any additional opportunity in our processes and approaches to provide the most affordable and capable ships to our customers.”