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Escalating quickly

Oct. 7, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) announced it had licensed its 200,000th patient. That is an average of 3,500 patients each week since OMMA started accepting patient applications. Based upon the state’s estimated population of 4 million, that means more than 5 percent of all Oklahomans are now card-carrying cannabis patients. In addition to […]

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Cover: Planting prosperity

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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Green business

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series examining cannabis and cannabinoids in Oklahoma leading up to the June 26 medical marijuana referendum. If State Question 788 passes on June 26, Bud Scott’s yearlong campaign to create an industry framework for medical marijuana in Oklahoma will be ready to set in motion. Scott, an […]

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