A prime suspect during the search for the cause of an outbreak of a lung disease commonly called “vaping illness” has been confirmed by a subsequent investigation. On Nov. 8, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of a recent run of testing, announcing that vitamin E acetate had been found in the […]
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Oklahoma grown
Oklahoma has already seen its first freeze, signaling that its first outdoor growing season is at a close. Under the state’s new medical cannabis law, both commercial growers and patients are allowed to cultivate crops outdoors with a few restrictions. Predictions for how THC-containing cannabis would fare in Oklahoma’s climate were wildly varied, with some […]
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Flower Review: Glue Zauce
Strain name: Glue Zauce Grown by: Red Dirt Sungrown Acquired from: Green Roots Wellness Date acquired: Oct. 18 THC/CBD percentages: 14.55 percent/.07 percent (per True Fit Medical Laboratories) Physical traits: green with very little orange and frosted with small trichomes Bouquet: fruity and earthy Review: After my visit to the Tischausers’ farm last month, I […]
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New rules
Nov. 1, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) published its latest set of rules for the state’s medical cannabis program. “Legislators can’t legislate every bit of minutiae in the way some of these things run,” J. Kyle Davis with Overman Legal Group and Climb Collective said. “That’s why you have the administrative law framework, where the […]
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Growth industry
Oklahoma has made it through its first year of legal cannabis containing THC. Meanwhile, Oklahoma Gazette is now marking its first year of THC itself — the High Culture section, that is. In early October 2018, I was asked to start writing a freelance piece each week on the legal cannabis market. From the time […]
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Flower Review: Grandpa’s Stash
Strain name: Grandpa’s Stash Grown by: Therapo Acquired from: Sage Wellness Date acquired: Oct. 14 THC/CBD percentages: 19.95 percent/.09 percent (per Scissortail Laboratories) Physical traits: light green with dull orange stigmas and densely frosted trichomes Bouquet: sweet and herbal Review: I have had several different runs of Grandpa’s Stash over the past year. All were […]
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Safety meeting
Sage Wellness hosted the Vape Safe event at its dispensary, 4200 N. Western Ave., Suite A, on Oct. 25 in order to bring patients face-to-face with some of the leading producers of cannabis vape cartridges. As of this week, there have been nearly 2,000 cases of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are […]
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Pumpkin, spiced
We are in the thick of pumpkin-spiced everything season as well as speeding quickly toward chili weather, and this month’s infused excursion is the intersection of both. Each month, Jarrod Friedel and Matt Pryor at Guyutes bring Oklahoma Gazette readers a unique twist on cannabis-infused cuisine. This month, they unveil their spicy pumpkin chili. “I […]
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Sungrown life
While cannabis might be as new of a crop for Guthrie Greenhouses as it is any other Oklahoma farmer, it has the advantage of having more than a century’s worth of experience in horticulture at its site. “Capital City Greenhouse first started in 1892 with the Furrow and Son Company, and they had it until […]
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Flower Review: Orange Velvet
Strain name: Orange Velvet Grown by: Bev’s Buds Acquired from: Oklahoma Kind Connection Date acquired: Oct. 10 THC/CBD percentages: no testing available Physical traits: dark green with dark orange stigmas Bouquet: sweet citrus Review: One of my favorite discoveries in the Oklahoma medical cannabis market have been the “orange” strains since the terpene profiles smell […]