Jeremy Cooper is a man who wears many of them, but he’s most known for donning his cannabis chef’s hat. Cooper is currently helping Fire Leaf get its medical marijuana kitchen up and running but started in the industry when he helped a friend who had fallen ill. “I started doing this seven years ago […]
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Growing green
Chris Brady and Cesar Herrera developed their cannabis green thumbs more than 1,500 miles from each other but rubbed digital elbows on the online forum of International Cannagraphic Magazine. Brady is now the co-owner of Redbud Soil Co. and grows his plants in organic, no-till soil. He started in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a decade ago […]
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Human relations
Evan Way is an associate attorney with Crowe & Dunlevy and a member of its Cannabis Industry Practice Group. He recently took time to answer Oklahoma Gazette’s questions about State Question 788’s legalization of medical marijuana and how it pertains to employment law. Oklahoma Gazette: How did the law treat a marijuana user before SQ788? […]
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Medicinal kitchen
Cooking with medical marijuana can be a preferred delivery system because it is easier on the lungs than smoking and the effects last longer, but it can be a difficult process to get started. Everyone is familiar with the trope of pot brownies, but cooking with marijuana can be much more refined than mixing ingredients […]
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Growing industry
GreenGrow Expo Saturday-Sunday Oklahoma Expo Hall State Fair Park 3213 Wichita Walk greengrowevents.com 405-600-7837 $21-$169 The Oklahoma medical cannabis industry will see its first major trade show this week at State Fair Park. GreenGrow Expo is 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday in Oklahoma Expo Hall and open to the public, age […]
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Bud burglaries
No business is immune to theft, and at least two metro medical marijuana dispensaries have been burglarized since opening. The most recent reported burglary occurred Jan. 26 at The Peak, 15 E. Fourth St., in Edmond. “Our manager got to the store and she told us that our doors were pried open, so I said […]
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Fest contested
Organizers of a music festival, one that promised Snoop Dogg but never materialized, are being sued by a sponsor. In addition, a separate lawsuit against one of the same companies over a failed CBD deal was filed the same day. Both petitions were filed Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court and name Hi-Tunes Distribution, LLC […]
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Healthy competition
The Oklahoma cannabis market is roaring, with the number of patients snowballing and dispensaries clambering for market share. As of Feb. 4, 51,978 patient, 348 caregiver and 3,333 business applications have been received, a total of 55,659 applications. Of those, 38,592 patient, 232 caregiver, 928 dispensary and 1,548 grower licenses have been approved, according to […]
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Effective advertising
Millions tuned in for the Super Bowl, but what viewers did not see was an ad featuring a former Choctaw family who left home to treat their son with medical cannabis. Amy Bourlon-Hilterbran moved with her family to Florence, Colorado, in 2014. “My husband Jason and I are from Oklahoma, born and raised. Choctaw,” Bourlon-Hilterbran […]
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Green Machine
Sean O’Grady hung up his boxing gloves 35 years ago but has lived with the pain of his glory days for decades. The former lightweight champion of the world began his professional fighting career when he was 15 years old. He ended it nine years later with 86 wins, 70 of them by knockout. “There […]