OKLAHOMA – Medical History:



AFTERWARDS

Although we were able to obtain thousands of his (Dr. Huddleston’s) prescriptions, there is a hole between the years 1932 and 1936, by which time we were not able to locate any more of his prescriptions for Cannabis. However, we were able to find prescriptions by him for compound drugs (which contained Cannabis as one of there key ingredients). One can only assumed that he had to stop due to the Reefer Madness campaign, which was at its height at the time. However, even these seem to have stopped after Oct 1937 and the coming of the Marihuana Tax Act.

Remembering that this was the height of great depression, the tax placed a crippling one-dollar an oz transfer tax on its distribution. And this was on top of other drugstore registration taxes required by the Act for the privilege of even selling Cannabis Medicines. Needless to say, few (only four in the State of Oklahoma) bothered to do so.

AFTERWARDS

Unfortunately, Oklahoma was not

He was born on March 24, 1867, died Nov. 30, 1944 and practiced medicine in the small town of Konawa Ok.

By shear happenstance, I was able to buy out thousands of old [1929 – 1945] prescriptions ALL from one drugstore [Temple Drugstore, Konawa Ok], which just happened to be half a block away from his office.

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Leap – Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

I first wish to thank you for your assistance in the past, and I am hoping that you can be of further assistance – Specifically I am hoping that you can recommend an active volunteer who has police detective skills.

You may have heard of Victor Licata (the kid with an axe) who according to the Narcotics police:

[Note, story varies from version to version]

And up until recently we’ve

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Medical index

SECTION INDEX:

Section 1

• Oklahoma’s Medical History

• Oklahoman Medical Prescriptions #1

Section 2

• Oklahoma in Denial

• Censorship

Section 3

• About the Dr. W.T. Huddleston collection

• How this collection came to be

• About the Temple Pharmacy

Section 4

Prescriptions - era 1929’s [MORE]

Section 5

Prescriptions - era 1930 [MORE]

Section 6

Prescriptions - era 1931 [MORE]

Section 7

After 1936 – compound verses actual cannabis

Section 8

The Boone collection, AFTER WORDS [MORE]

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Oklahoma ----

Proof of pre-M.T.A. use of Medical Cannabis:

Medically speaking, Oklahoma has sort of an oddball history. No real settlers were allowed in until late in 1889 (meaning that other then military reservations, little in the way of brand name medicines can be expected before than), and it was not until 1907 that it was even granted Statehood. Additionally (at least at first), there weren’t all that many druggists or drugstores to be found. According to one website[1] : Not very many pharmacists from other areas wanted to leave their established business in other states to come into the Oklahoma territory --- “Thus, a shortage of pharmacists existed. “ And it wouldn’t be until 1893 that a school of pharmacy would be established.

Thus it is not surprising that NO MAJOR pharmaceutical houses originated out of the state of Oklahoma. However, that did not mean that medicines (including Medical Cannabis) were not to be imported from surrounding states.

WARNING: With regards to the issue of Medical cannabis, here in Oklahoma [where the author now lives], a great many of the locals are in a mental state of mind that can only be termed; --- “Total Denial.” Many have even gone so far as to openly state that “It Never Had Any Medical Uses – none what-so-ever.”

If only the author had a ten-dollar bill for every time, his been . . . . . over the subject. And to add insult to injury, the curse of governmental CENSORSHIP seems to have hit this placer big time. Example: Despite extensive (pre-1937) medical use, NOT ONE Public or Collage Library archive seems to have any old Medical Cannabis prescriptions. A rather odd situation considering that such prescriptions can still be found in Antique stores as well as the smaller (hometown) museums.

Point being made, -- this museum knows where to get ton’s and ton’s of stuff, but due to the fear of retaliation (on the part of the owners), we are NOT able to either obtain or properly display a number of exhibits of historical significance to us.

PRIVACY ISSUES:

Why we’ve censored prescriptions names:

In the past this museum has used the standards set forth by the Russian prophet, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In his book ‘The Gulag Archipelago’,he states that --Yes, while public airing of such matters, might cause embarrassment to some.   That our obligations to the living (i.e. those who need Medical Cannabis now) far outweigh our obligations to the dead.

And let’s face it; ---There are those out there, who are hurting (some quite badly), because of an ill-advised (some would say evil) public policy, that public viewing of some records can help change.   And legally, as the census bureau releases census data/names after only 70 years, and as no one from the 19th century has come to us and made complaint.   From a technical (legal) perspective, we are okay.

HOWEVER, as time has gone on, this museum has had to reevaluate this policy. --- Especially when dealing with its North Carolina collection.   And for the following reasons:

Due to some of the dates (some from the late 1930’s), there is a fair chance that some of the individuals (or immediate family members) mentioned might still be alive today AND still living in the same geographic area.   And believe me, North Carolina ISN’T the kind of place where you want it to be known that your mother/grand mother made use of medical cannabis, period.   And even if one were to play the role of the Devil's advocate, what good would it do (to cancer victims or anyone) by letting it be known that (let’s say) a present day school teacher had a grandmother who made use of Medical Cannabis?

Next, there is the race factor, - Due to the Jim Crow laws (something about racial zoning laws), it’s possible to tell your race, just by where you lived.   And yes many of these prescriptions detail addresses.

Then there is the courtesy factor that seems to come into play here. I myself once wrote a ‘Letter to the Editor’ to an African magazine complaining about an article that they had published dealing with Cannabis. They published the article, but deliberately misspelled my name as well as changed the city that I lived in.   This was not done in malice but, knowing that Medical Cannabis was illegal in our country, as a means to protect my identity from the police.   Thus it can be viewed as a very kind gesture on their part.

NOTE: As of the time of this write-up, some butt-hole on WikiLeaks just posted the names of individuals, in effect, assuring their assassination.   He should go and work for the Narc’s, he’ll be a natural.

BOTTOM LINE, here is our new museum policy.   Patient names will be shown if the prescription was written before 1920, but will be censored if written after this date.   However, if you are involved in legitimate research, the museum will make full copies available - under the condition that the privacy of individuals mentioned be respected.

[1] -- usa/ok/county/logan/tidbits/pharm.htm

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OKLAHOMA ---

ODD’S & END’S

From the ; Antique Andy’s – Believe It Or Not --- Collection

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Oklahoma ----

Antique Andy’s – Believe It Or Not:

Today in Oklahoma City, if a sheriff’s deputy caches you with Medical Marihuana, they put you in the county jail. But there was a time [before the Marihuana Tax Act], when you went to jail first, AND THEN (while there) the sheriff’s deputy gave you the Medical Marihuana.

As strange as this sounds according to the public records, various prescripts for Bromedia [a sedative that made use of Cannabis as one of it’s key ingredients] were ordered by prescription no less then 15 times by county jail doctors, during the months of April, May and June of 1924 for use by county inmates.

April 1, 1924 ; April 5, 1924 [2 prescriptions that day] ; April 13, 1924 ; April 15, 1924 ; April 18, 1924 ; April 21, 1924 ; April 22, 1924 ; April 27, 1924 ; May 23, 1924 ; June 4, 1924 ; June 8, 1924 ; June 9, 1924 ; June 14, 1924

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Bromidia Ad

Believe It Or NOT.

Note, if anyone wants to see the documentation, feel free to ask, it consists of various written medical prescriptions for the county jail. [1]

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FOOTNOTES:

[1]—Original prescriptions located – Oklahoma University (Western Archives), Norman OK. – And no, most assuredly, none of the librarians were aware that Bromidia contained Cannabis as one of its ingredients – were that the case, the prescriptions would have been censored long ago – so let’s be thankful for small favors.

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Oklahoma ----

Antique Andy’s – Believe It Or Not:

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The State of Oklahoma sentenced a Medical Patient* to 93 years in prison for the use of Medical Marihuana? Which is another way of saying that, “Just because you’re not paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.”

Believe It Or NOT.

* For more info on the subject, just Yahoo or Google the name “Will Foster”, Oklahoma & Medical Marijuana.

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Oklahoma ----

Antique Andy’s – Believe It Or Not:

Prescriptions for Cannabis --- NO SUCH ANIMAL, no not here in Oklahoma.

Or at least that’s what ALL Oklahoma government run agencies, (public libraries, state archives, museums etc.), would have you believe. ---- Something which is quite odd given how easily old pre-1937 Cannabis medicines, etc., can be found in antique stories throughout the State. It’s as if someone got in there and took them all out, leaving behind only prescriptions for compound medicines (i.g. Bromedia), which give no indication that Cannabis was one of the ingredients. But that’s impossible ---- after all, would our government practice censorship? Or better yet, would the government lie to us?

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Antique Andy’s – Believe It Or Not:

The State of Oklahoma sentenced a Medical Patient* to 93 years in prison for the use of Medical Marihuana? Which is another way of saying that, “Just because you’re not paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.”

Believe It Or NOT.

* For more info on the subject, just Google the name Will Foster, Oklahoma & Medical Marijuana.

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Antique Andy’s – Believe It Or Not:

NON-EXISTING APOTHECARY CONTAINTER

This old Apothecary Cannabis Bottle* Doesn’t Exist?   Or at least that’s what the University of [name withheld] (Oklahoma City) School of Pharmacy would have you believe.   And although, at one time, this apothecary bottle was a part of their old school pharmacy museum collection, today they won’t even acknowledge it’s very existence.   They’ve even gone as far as hiding other evidence that Medical Cannabis was at one time, not only legal but also a very commonly used medicine here in Oklahoma.   Hummm!   Why, I think we all know the answer to that one

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Hummm! Why, I think we all know the answer to that one.

* The University of Oklahoma, School of Pharmacy, would not grant us permission to use their actual apothecary Bottle picture, but it looks something like the one shown above. If anyone wants to see the actual bottle, feel free to ask, we can e-mail it to you.

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Antique Andy’s – Believe It Or Not:

Prescriptions for Cannabis.

Legal Pre-1937 prescriptions for Medical Cannabis. None exited, or at least that’s what ALL Oklahoma government run libraries would have you believe. Which is odd as many old Cannabis prescriptions can easily be found in old Antique stories, BUT, Try As One May, no one seems to be able locate any such prescriptions at any State of Oklahoma run library of any kind. It’s as if someone got in there and took them all out, leaving behind only prescriptions for compound medicines (i.g. Bromedia), which give no indication that Cannabis was one of the ingredients. But that’s impossible ---- after all, would our government practice censorship.

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The following is taken from the museums newsletter:

Dr. W.T. Huddleston – In memory:

I write this with great sadness. His name was Dr. W.T. Huddleston and in case you have never heard of him, there is good reason. He was born on March 24, 1867, died Nov. 30, 1944 and practiced medicine in the small town of Konawa Ok. And although he died before I was born, I feel a sort of strong kinship with him. Maybe I should explain -------

By shear happenstance, I was able to buy out thousands of old [1929 – 1945] prescriptions ALL from one drugstore [Temple Drugstore, Konawa Ok], which just happened to be half a block away from his office. Thus I had a chance to look over many of his prescriptions and was fascinated by what I saw.

I believe that it was the shear number of Medical Cannabis prescriptions that he wrote that initially attracted my attention. But it was the tricky way he worked around the Reefer Madness era campaign that finalized my kinship.

Just imagine the situation; you’re a medical doctor whose been prescribing Medical Cannabis for years, and knows that all that bally-who about the Weed Of Madness is a big lie. You want to help your patients who need to use Medical Marihuana, BUT who are now afraid of the very name. How do you solve the problem –-- simple, you switch from prescribing actual Cannabis and start prescribing medicines that contain Cannabis as one of their ingredients ---- tricky, tricky, but it worked.

Of cause, even that trick would only work as long as Cannabis was still out there to be bought --- Due to the coming of the Marihuana Tax Act, only four drugstores carried Cannabis after 1938 and Temple Drugs doesn’t seem to be one of them, thus he was finally forced to stop prescribing it.

The last prescription that Dr. Huddleston wrote was in Sept of 1944 so quite literally, he practiced medicine until a few weeks before his death.

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Tricky Doctor

Every wonder what it was like to be a Doctor [who was prescribing Medical Cannabis] during the Reefer Madness era? I mean, they knew the truth, but were powerless to do anything about it.

Now by shear accident, the museum has been able to obtain a set of prescripts from the same doctor, from that era. It turns out that in the 1920’s, this doctor prescribed Medical Cannabis Freely. But not so much in the early 1930’s. – but by the late 1930’s, he didn’t prescribe it at all --- or at least so it seems on paper. But a closer look at his prescriptions show that while he stopped prescribing actual Cannabis, he had simply switched over to prescribing compound medicines, which contained Cannabis as one of the ingredients. Thus avoiding the name, but not the medicine --- Humm --- tricky, tricky doctor. One can only wonder how many other doctors had done the same thing?

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THE OKLAHOMA STATE FLAG

The biggest (sick) Ha, Ha of them all, can be found on the “Official” flag of the State of Oklahoma.

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Part of the Oklahoma State Flag -- Without Comment

While spending millions on anti smoking crusades, its state flag preaches the very opposite.

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