The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority announced that Metrc was chosen to implement the state’s seed-to-sale tracking system for cannabis. Director Dr. Kelly Williams took the time to answer Oklahoma Gazette’s questions about the early stages of its implementation Gazette: How was Metrc chosen as the contract awardee? Williams: All bidders were evaluated by a team […]
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Cannabis briefs
Descheduling cannabis On a broader scale, federal legalization or full decriminalization has not come to fruition as many expected during this first term. No mention has been made by President Donald Trump of descheduling cannabis, which remains on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Schedule 1 substance list. In a clip posted online last month by reporter […]
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Another proposal
Two new ballot initiative petitions regarding cannabis were filed this week without public fanfare. State Question 811 is a constitutional amendment regarding the adult use of cannabis. The proposed ballot title reads, “This measure adds a new Article to the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. This article will heal State Question 788 which the […]
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Peaceable assembly
Medical cannabis advocates and patients marched to the Capitol last Thursday, meeting with legislators and sharing stories of their successes since State Question 788 was passed. About 200 people met on the south side of the building before gathering in the second-floor rotunda. There was a steady stream of speakers in both morning and afternoon […]
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Cannabis Issue: Dense greenery
Northward of 2,200 dispensaries are licensed in the state as of January, along with 235,000 active patient licenses, according to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. This means that if every licensed dispensary had opened their doors for business and were getting an even share of the available market, they would be servicing roughly 105 patients […]
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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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New rules
Nov. 1, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) published its latest set of rules for the state’s medical cannabis program. “Legislators can’t legislate every bit of minutiae in the way some of these things run,” J. Kyle Davis with Overman Legal Group and Climb Collective said. “That’s why you have the administrative law framework, where the […]
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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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Certified chaos
Starting in September, all Oklahoma cannabis businesses are required to have “certificates of compliance” from the municipalities or counties in which they do business. However, it has left the deluge of companies who were among the first to apply for licenses fearful that they will lose them due to the short timeframe they have to […]
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Cover: Green state
On June 26, 2018, more than 892,000 Oklahomans flooded the polls. They chose Kevin Stitt as the Republican gubernatorial candidate and Drew Edmondson as the Democratic one. An item on the ballot was State Question 788, which read in part, “This measure amends the Oklahoma State Statutes. A yes vote legalizes the licensed use, sale, […]