Medical marijuana has been gaining momentum in Oklahoma and there’s a reason behind it – success stories. The stories of patients who have gotten better with the help of weed have been giving it the necessary good publicity.
There’s still a long way to go for the marijuana program but there’s no doubt that this industry will reach the sky in the next couple of years. It’s just a matter of time before it gets fully legalized. Let’s look into the situation in Oklahoma.
Success Stories
These kinds of stories are the ones that are really convincing because they come from experience and personal success. A lot of patients have already been thankful with how things are going and now, more and more are being successful.
Here are several success stories from patients who have been enjoying the legalization of medical marijuana:
- Rare Epilepsy
It’s hard to live a normal and peaceful life if you constantly get seizures, let alone 70 seizures in a day. A worse situation would be hearing from your doctors that there’s not much they can do to stop it.
So hearing this, Shelly Boren who’s a mother of then 12-year-old boy Robert, was devastated. She wanted to help her son but it seems like their chances were bleak and there was nothing they could do to stop the seizures.
But Shelly wasn’t having it, she risked her life to get CBD Oil from Colorado and she brought it back to Oklahoma where it still wasn’t legal yet. She administered it to her and to her relief, it worked. The seizures stopped and even the doctors couldn’t believe that marijuana did that to him.
A few months later, the state passed what is known as the Katie’s Law which had allowed patients with severe seizures to take the CBD oil within the state.
- Seizures
Another child who suffers from seizures is then 3-year-old Canaan. The number of seizures this little boy had in a day didn’t go below 20.
It wasn’t until his mother, Kami Nance, started administering CBD oil to him that it went down to 10. With such a massive improvement, his doctor increased the dose and Canaan stopped having seizures at all.
He was now able to sit up and crawl. Seizures dropped to at most five a day. The marijuana was so helpful to him that he might stop getting his dosage soon and still be fine.
- Severe Back Pain
Breaking a couple of bones in your body is painful beyond imagination and sometimes, painkillers can’t do anything for you – no matter how much you take.
One case would be S.F. Mae who is a medical marijuana patient. It was five years ago when she crushed five of her lumbar vertebrae located in the spine. Since this unfortunate event, she has been taking painkillers to no avail.
Medical marijuana was so far the most effective treatment for her and there’s no way she would go back to her previous painkillers. As a result of this success story, she visits her dispensary biweekly to get her dose of medical marijuana.
All these success stories show that medical marijuana has indeed helped patients overcome the conditions they previously suffered. It might not totally take it all away, but at least they now can enjoy a more peaceful and normal life than before.
Patients can apply for medical mrijuana in Oklahoma through Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Application and get their card after identification.
Compared to other states, people can say that Oklahoma has one of the most progressive medical marijuana programs. You’ll know why later.
- Online Application
You first need to go to the official websit
e of the state for medical marijuana. Here you will be required to fill out an online form which will need the following:
- legal full name
- date of birth
- permanent mailing address
- telephone number
- email address
- current physician information
- patient signature.
- Meet With a Medical Marijuana Doctor
The next you need to do is find a medical marijuana doctor because not all doctors chose to recommend medical marijuana. But rest assured, there are no required qualifying conditions and a medical marijuana doctor can recommend it to you if he or she deems it suitable.
Here you will need to download the Physician Recommendation Form and bring it during the appointment. After your doctor recommends medical marijuana to you, you should have this form signed by the doctor and have it scanned to be submitted online.
- Submit Your Application
You will need the following to complete the application:
- Proof of Oklahoma Residency
- Valid state-issued ID
- Full-Face Digital Photograph
After you’ve gathered all your documents, you will complete your application by submitting this along with the filled up application form.
From the success stories of patients to an easy step-by-step process for medical marijuana application, Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry will definitely be more successful in the coming years.