Public School Administrators urge NO vote on SQ 820

School Administrators Urge NO Vote on SQ 820 OKCPS Superintendent Sean McDaniel: “Legalizing recreational marijuana for adults will lead to more children having access and trying it” (March 6th) School administrators from across the state gathered at the state capitol today to encourage a NO vote on SQ 820, the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in the state.   All speakers iterated they were making these statements as individuals with experience in our schools and were not speaking on behalf of the entities where they are employed. Muskogee Superintendent Dr. Jarod Mendenhall led off the event.  “Under the cover of the state’s medical marijuana program, we have seen an increase in students using marijuana.  SQ 820 will increase that access and puts our schools in a very difficult situation because marijuana’s use is so difficult to detect. As educators our goal is to maximize a student’s ability to achieve, but marijuana strikes at that very core.  Ingesting THC as the adolescent brain is actively developing has horrible consequences. Marijuana use among those under 25 harms brain development including difficulty in thinking, problem solving, and memory loss,” Mendenhall stated. Read more » by Jamison Faught - March 06, 2023 at 08:56PM

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