Cooking with medical marijuana can be a preferred delivery system because it is easier on the lungs than smoking and the effects last longer, but it can be a difficult process to get started. Everyone is familiar with the trope of pot brownies, but cooking with marijuana can be much more refined than mixing ingredients […]
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Hemp hops
Oklahoma City is about to gets its first taste of hemp-infused beer thanks to two downtown business neighbors joining minds. India Pale Ale Hemptation is a collaborative venture between Stonecloud Brewing Co. and Redbud Soil Company, 1113 NW First St. “Joel [Irby] was giving us a tour of his brewery, and literally in the middle […]
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Harvesting hemp
Oklahoma might soon see a return to its roots as a major hemp-producing state thanks to the 2018 farm bill. Last year, Oklahoma passed the industrial hemp pilot program, which was covered under the 2014 farm bill. Beginning in May, hemp growers would have to partner with a college or university to be able to […]
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Compassionate minds
Oklahoma State Rep. Jon Echols is a conservative Republican serving southwest Oklahoma and northwest Cleveland counties. He’s a Bible-thumping, born-again Christian who serves as a deacon in his Southern Baptist church. He’s pro-life and pro-business. And Echols is the greatest ally to medical marijuana at the state Capitol. Echols, 39, R-Oklahoma City, is co-chair of […]
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Coffee plus
University of Oklahoma’s Campus Corner in Norman just got a lot more chill thanks to the new kid on the block. Life Organics Cannafé, 588 Buchanan Ave., opened its doors in late October. The quiet cafe boasts of being the only CBD-infused cafe in the state, co-owner Jim Castor said. “When we came in, it […]
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Home grown
Mary Najar remembers the day before she and her husband opened their hemp oil and cannabidiol (CBD) products store in Paseo Arts District in the fall of 2017. Their store would be the first brick-and-mortar store to sell CBD oil in Oklahoma City. But it wasn’t nerves about opening day that kept Najar up at […]
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Cover: No smoke
Medical marijuana activists were dealt a blow when the Oklahoma State Board of Health added amendments not written in the final draft of emergency regulations submitted to the board. A pair of amendments — one banning smokable marijuana, which appears to be on shaky legal ground, and another requiring dispensaries to hire full-time pharmacists — […]
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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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Power plant
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. For decades, the only reality Hector Najar knew was one with unrelenting back pain. The first time he felt any kind of relief from the degenerative disc disease and chronic arthritis […]
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CBD 101
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. Three years ago, when House Bill 2154, a piece of legislation known as “Katie and Cayman’s Law” allowing children with severe epilepsy to take cannabinoids as treatment through a medical trial, […]