Spring has sprung, and the warmer temperatures pair nicely with cool greens. This season, that salad can be extra relaxing with the right dressing. Oklahoma Gazette teamed up with the chefs at Guyutes, 730 NW 23rd St., to offer some infused dishes off the beaten path. Guyutes owner Jarrod Friedel and chef Matt Pryor have […]
The High Culture
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Runaway fire
The Doolittles have been running family businesses in Oklahoma for more than half a century and have quickly made a name for themselves in the state’s newest enterprise. Tyler Doolittle is the majority partner in Fire Leaf, a chain of medical marijuana dispensaries. He is joined in the venture by father Jimmy and sister Cassi […]
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Growing green
Chris Brady and Cesar Herrera developed their cannabis green thumbs more than 1,500 miles from each other but rubbed digital elbows on the online forum of International Cannagraphic Magazine. Brady is now the co-owner of Redbud Soil Co. and grows his plants in organic, no-till soil. He started in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a decade ago […]
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Human relations
Evan Way is an associate attorney with Crowe & Dunlevy and a member of its Cannabis Industry Practice Group. He recently took time to answer Oklahoma Gazette’s questions about State Question 788’s legalization of medical marijuana and how it pertains to employment law. Oklahoma Gazette: How did the law treat a marijuana user before SQ788? […]
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Bud burglaries
No business is immune to theft, and at least two metro medical marijuana dispensaries have been burglarized since opening. The most recent reported burglary occurred Jan. 26 at The Peak, 15 E. Fourth St., in Edmond. “Our manager got to the store and she told us that our doors were pried open, so I said […]
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Effective advertising
Millions tuned in for the Super Bowl, but what viewers did not see was an ad featuring a former Choctaw family who left home to treat their son with medical cannabis. Amy Bourlon-Hilterbran moved with her family to Florence, Colorado, in 2014. “My husband Jason and I are from Oklahoma, born and raised. Choctaw,” Bourlon-Hilterbran […]
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Green Machine
Sean O’Grady hung up his boxing gloves 35 years ago but has lived with the pain of his glory days for decades. The former lightweight champion of the world began his professional fighting career when he was 15 years old. He ended it nine years later with 86 wins, 70 of them by knockout. “There […]
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Green bills
The Oklahoma legislative session begins next week, with dozens of bills regarding the newly formed medical marijuana industry before lawmakers. Many of them are shell bills, meaning they contain no meaningful language but serve as placeholders to be amended later. Others make minor, expected changes to existing laws. For example, Senate Bill 887 would allow […]
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Green area
With 25,000 patient applications on file and more than 18,600 medical marijuana licenses already issued, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) is keeping busy. While many issues are already set by statute, there is still a lot of gray area in issues like product testing and rules on public consumption. Melissa Miller, OMMA’s communications manager, fields […]