Medicinal cannabis has been legal in Oklahoma for just over half a year, and this train has no brakes. Based on computations stemming from the amount of gross state tax collections of 7 percent, the industry has raked in over $18.1 million in April alone. That means a total of more than $43 million since […]
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Commentary: Clearing smoke
Nearly a year ago, just before passage of State Question 788, I wrote an article in Oklahoma Gazette about the historic demonization of cannabis and how political and industrial forces conspired to destroy the market for the plant. Many industrialists and their political allies, including major timber, agricultural and chemical interests, aligned against cannabis to […]
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Healing greens
Steve’s 1-Year Anniversary and Dispensary Opening Party noon-8 p.m. Saturday Steve’s Greens Cannabis + Wellness 6715 N. May Ave. stevesgreens.com 405-608-8010 Free Two of the most well-known faces in the cannabis world make an Oklahoma City appearance this week. Sierra Riddle and her 9-year-old son, Landon Riddle, will be at Steve’s Greens Cannabis + Wellness, […]
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Growing gold
One of the major issues facing dispensaries in the new Oklahoma medical cannabis market is having consistent inventory. CBD Plus USA thinks it has found the solution. It is rolling out the Lotus Gold cannabis line this week with plans to have at least 20 strains on an ongoing and constant basis as well as […]
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Eviction notices
Three metro dispensaries have been told that they are too close to schools and have a month to move by Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA), the same agency that approved their licenses, apparently without confirming their proof of distance from those schools. The three dispensaries in question are The Gateway CBD & Dispensary, 4 E. […]
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Eating green
Starting later this month, all cannabis businesses selling food products will be required to hold food licenses. The license was required under existing state law and had nothing to do with the current legislative session or special regulations upon the cannabis industry. The deadline is April 26, according to Oklahoma State Department of Health. Dispensaries […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Tulsa drift
The Fast and the Furious became one of the highest grossing film franchises in history as Dominic Toretto’s “family” turned from small-scale criminals into globetrotting thieves capable of superhuman feats, but its aims were much more small-scale. Perhaps a man in Tulsa watched too many of the films and wanted to create his own version […]
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Criminal uprising
Four months after street artist Jeks put the finishing touches on the iconic Albert Einstein mural on the former cigarette and candy company wall, he is back in action on the southern wall. Inside BCC Collective, 1015 NW First St., the gears steadily grind. The “Blue Collar Criminals” have been growing in number and putting […]
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Unified plan
The first piece of medical marijuana legislation is now law. House Bill 2612, also known as the “unity bill,” was authored by Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, and Sen. Greg McCortney, R-Ada. It cleared the state House of Representatives on Feb. 28 with 93 voting yes and five opposed and then passed the Oklahoma Senate […]
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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 […]