Oklahoma City is about to gets its first taste of hemp-infused beer thanks to two downtown business neighbors joining minds. India Pale Ale Hemptation is a collaborative venture between Stonecloud Brewing Co. and Redbud Soil Company, 1113 NW First St. “Joel [Irby] was giving us a tour of his brewery, and literally in the middle […]
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Harvesting hemp
Oklahoma might soon see a return to its roots as a major hemp-producing state thanks to the 2018 farm bill. Last year, Oklahoma passed the industrial hemp pilot program, which was covered under the 2014 farm bill. Beginning in May, hemp growers would have to partner with a college or university to be able to […]
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Green bills
The Oklahoma legislative session begins next week, with dozens of bills regarding the newly formed medical marijuana industry before lawmakers. Many of them are shell bills, meaning they contain no meaningful language but serve as placeholders to be amended later. Others make minor, expected changes to existing laws. For example, Senate Bill 887 would allow […]
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Tending flower
How does one become a budtender? Some start their own dispensaries. Others know people who do it. Some patients parlay their knowledge of the medicine into a job opportunity. But others are looking for any chance to get their foot in the door, and HempStaff aims to help. The company will be holding two of […]
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Gentle warrior
It was a sunny, warm October day when Cannabis Aid, 1612 NE 23rd St., began selling the products that gave the dispensary its name, but the rain is unending and the skies a deep dull gray on the first day doors open after the murders of founder Elijah Malachi X Mothershed Bey and his family. […]
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Legal harvest
It’s the beginning of Dan Wade’s first harvest, and you couldn’t chisel the smile off of his face. Well, his first legal harvest anyway. On a Saturday night in the back corner of a northwest Oklahoma City office park, the folks at Green Seed Farm were chopping the second plant from their first growing cycle, […]
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Collecting patients
Oklahoma medical marijuana dispensaries have to have patients to buy products in order to keep their doors open, patients must have doctor recommendations and pay the license fee before they can purchase them and the two are coming together in patient drives that mutually benefit both parties. A fair number of local dispensaries have had […]
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Redbud roots
If you need the dirt on growing cannabis in organic soil, Redbud Soil Company is the place to get it. Co-owners Chris Brady and John Martin have known each other since eighth grade, and it’s apparent by the way they can finish each other’s thoughts. “When [State Question] 788 passed, I called Chris about maybe […]
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Busted plans
Daniel Newberg expected to open his medical marijuana dispensary, No Rhyme or Reason Kratom Shoppe & CBD, after the paperwork went through in November. Now, he sees no rhyme or reason why his application cost him nearly a month of his life behind bars. Newberg was in the process of converting one of his shops […]
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Legal marijuana
Christmas came a few days early for me this year. After 11 days of waiting — or 18 years, depending on how you look at it — it was official. As of Dec. 22, I can now legally possess and consume cannabis in my home state. The critics were partially correct — the license was […]