Initiative petition to ask Oklahoma voters to legalize medical marijuana in November

Oklahoma voters would be asked to legalize medical marijuana under an initiative petition filed Monday with the secretary of state's office.

It calls for the state Health Department to regulate the dispensing of marijuana to people with a doctor-signed license to obtain it.

A 7 percent tax would be applied to retail sales, with the money going first to finance regulatory expenses. Then, 75 percent of excess funds would go to common education and 25 percent to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Former state Rep. Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs, is working with Oklahomans for Health in an effort to put the measure on the November ballot. Once the ballot title clears scrutiny, proponents will have 90 days to collect the required 66,000 voter signatures to qualify it as a state question.