Green Grow is getting out from beneath the fluorescent lights and into the sunshine this year with the inaugural Green Grow FEST. Scheduled for June 25-27 at the Route 66 Event Center in Depew, which is between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, GreenGrow FEST will be a three-day outdoor festival that promises to break the mold […]
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Selling compliance
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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Roll forward
Seed-to-sale The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has announced that it has chosen its partner for the state’s medical cannabis seed-to-sale tracking program. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services chose Metrc after its bidding process. Metrc is currently operational and in use by cannabis programs in 13 states as well as Washington, D.C. Its name […]
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Tay’s Cannabis
The push for legal adult, or recreational, cannabis usage that came swiftly on the heels of Oklahoma’s medical cannabis program has been hotly debated among both industry insiders and patients, but no one has done more to apply the brakes to the potential ballot initiatives than Paul Tay. And he managed to do it from […]
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Petitions update
Before COVID-19 hit Oklahoma and shattered expectations for the year, numerous ballot initiative petitions related to the future of cannabis (and related criminal justice reform measures) were filed. The acrimonious debate about them all but subsided once the novel coronavirus reached the state, but all of them have been working their way through court challenges […]
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Higher competition
Buds and Brawls 7:00 pm Feb. 8 Farmers Public Market 311 S. Klein Ave okcfarmersmarket.com 405-232-6506 $25-150 When Chase O’Grady was watching alongside hundreds during the cannabis kickboxing matches inside a tent in a front yard in Newcastle in December, he knew the concept was ready to be taken to the next level. On Feb. […]
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Cannabis cowboys
This month, Oklahoma sees its first homegrown cannabis championship. The inaugural Cowboy Cup is held at Tumbleweed Dance Hall, Lakeview and N. Country Club Road, in Stillwater, and organizers pledge it will be “Oklahoma’s premier cannabis championship, expo and harvest festival.” More than a dozen local musical acts, including Watermelon Slim, Taddy Porter, The Brothers […]
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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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Likely culprit
A prime suspect during the search for the cause of an outbreak of a lung disease commonly called “vaping illness” has been confirmed by a subsequent investigation. On Nov. 8, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of a recent run of testing, announcing that vitamin E acetate had been found in the […]
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Oklahoma grown
Oklahoma has already seen its first freeze, signaling that its first outdoor growing season is at a close. Under the state’s new medical cannabis law, both commercial growers and patients are allowed to cultivate crops outdoors with a few restrictions. Predictions for how THC-containing cannabis would fare in Oklahoma’s climate were wildly varied, with some […]