Sometimes the best strategy is sticking with what you know, and that is exactly how Simple Cure was founded. Managing partner Lance Kimball had spent the years previous to the passage of State Question 788 founding and operating Flagship Vapor, a nationwide distributor for nicotine e-liquids for vaporizers, so being one of the first cannabis […]
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Broadening access
An initiative petition for recreational cannabis was quietly filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State last week. State Question 806, filed on Thursday, would add Article 31 to the state constitution. If the petition garners enough signatures within a 90-day window, it will be put to voters on the next general election ballot unless Gov. […]
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Flower Review: Purple Haze
Strain name: Purple Haze Grown by: Big Chief Pharms Acquired from: Native Brothers Dispensary Date acquired: Dec. 6 THC/CBD percentages: no testing available Physical traits: mid-tone green with plentiful orange stigmas and lightly frosted with trichomes Bouquet: earthy and citrus Review: I had initially planned to snag some of Big Chief Pharms’ Granddaddy Purple run, but […]
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Flower Review: Purple Punch
Strain name: Purple Punch Grown by: Braveheart Acquired from: Greenleaf Organics Date acquired: Nov. 27 THC/CBD percentages: no testing available Physical traits: dense, purple-and-green nugs sandy with dense trichomes Bouquet: sweet and peppery Review: Purple Punch is becoming one of those strains that almost everyone is trying their hand at growing and whose quality is apparent […]
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Scorched dreams
To say the weekend before Thanksgiving was a rough one for Steve’s Greens Cannabis + Wellness would be one hell of an understatement. Early Nov. 24, owners Stephanie and Dustin Mathis were awakened by their alarm company about a burglary at their cannabis dispensary, 6715 N. May Ave. Stephanie Mathis said one of the accused […]
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Blood feuds
Hundreds of people descended upon Newcastle Sunday night for the first Canna Grudge Showdown, and all the fighters left intact, save for one lost tooth. When Michael “Medic Mike” Sutterfield announced the matches last month on Facebook, the card quickly filled up. By the time the smoke cleared, 11 fights had been fought, a couple […]
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Flower Review: Forbidden Fruit
Strain name: Forbidden Fruit Grown by: Stability Growth Acquired from: Strainwise Date acquired: Nov. 22 THC/CBD percentages: 13.76 percent/0 percent (per The Highgrade Testing Lab) Physical traits: mid-tone green with few dull orange stigmas and a smattering of purple with dense trichomes Bouquet: fruity and musky Review: Forbidden Fruit was the first strain I chased […]
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Ganja grudges
Imagine this: a circus tent on rural private property; inside, a professional boxing ring filled with both trained fighters and folks from the cannabis industry going at it with boxing gloves, surrounded by hundreds of medical cannabis patients. That is exactly what the first Stand Up & Fight/Canna-Grudge Showdown hopes to bring Sunday. The event […]
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Cover: Laboratory, tested
Testing is now required for all cannabis products in Oklahoma. Meanwhile, all laboratories currently operating in the state are being tested by growers and processors and will soon be tested by the state. Several labs in the Oklahoma City metro have been operating since well before sample testing became a requirement, and savvy cannabis consumers […]
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Flower Review: Roadkill
Strain name: Roadkill Grown by: Okie Kush Club Acquired from: Okie Kush Club Date acquired: Nov. 12 THC/CBD percentages: 27.94 percent / .10 percent (per Scissortail Laboratories) Physical traits: light green with thin, wiry stigmas and densely frosted with trichomes Bouquet: skunky and earthy Review: Roadkill is one of those strains that just looks powerful. […]