'Changed my life completely': Oklahomans say they've found pain relief with medical marijuana

Three different Oklahomans with very different life stories tell KOCO's Jessica Schambach they've all found relief in the same place — medical marijuana.Samina Hope admits she turned to medical marijuana even before it was legalized in Oklahoma to stop her seizures."I can work now, I'm homeschooling my son," Hope said.He's a son she never thought she'd have after 14 miscarriages because her seizures were out of control.Dillon Reseck is a veteran who got hurt in military training. He was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. He said medical marijuana takes away the pain, anxiety and migraines."It's changed my life completely," Reseck said.Tiffany Stuhr traded her many medications with marijuana. She said that,along with healthy habits, helped her to manage chronic pain. Now, she is making it part of her life's work.Opiates "dulled the pain but it also dulled my joy and passion in life," Stuhr said. "I'm in less pain today than I was using opiates, for sure."The Oklahoma medical marijuana authority says they've approved more than 53,000 medical marijuana licenses since July 2018.

Three different Oklahomans with very different life stories tell KOCO's Jessica Schambach they've all found relief in the same place — medical marijuana.

Samina Hope admits she turned to medical marijuana even before it was legalized in Oklahoma to stop her seizures.

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"I can work now, I'm homeschooling my son," Hope said.

He's a son she never thought she'd have after 14 miscarriages because her seizures were out of control.

Dillon Reseck is a veteran who got hurt in military training. He was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. He said medical marijuana takes away the pain, anxiety and migraines.

"It's changed my life completely," Reseck said.

Tiffany Stuhr traded her many medications with marijuana. She said that,along with healthy habits, helped her to manage chronic pain. Now, she is making it part of her life's work.

Opiates "dulled the pain but it also dulled my joy and passion in life," Stuhr said. "I'm in less pain today than I was using opiates, for sure."

The Oklahoma medical marijuana authority says they've approved more than 53,000 medical marijuana licenses since July 2018.