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Oklahoma court rules that moms who use medical marijuana while pregnant aren’t breaking the law

Women with state medical cards who use marijuana during pregnancy can’t be prosecuted for child neglect, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Thursday. Amanda Aguilar has been waiting nearly four years for the ruling. She was charged with felony…

Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority terminates 10 percent of staff, cites restructuring need

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) says it’s reduced 10 percent of its staff to maximize taxpayer dollars. A spokesperson shared an email Tuesday sent to employees notifying them of the change. In the email, OMMA Director Adria Berry outlines a need for…

Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma’s illegal medical marijuana market

It seemed an unlikely spot for a showdown between Chinese gangsters: a marijuana farm on the prairie in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight,…

Grown in Oklahoma, Smoked in New York: Illicit Marijuana’s Legal Roots

In the dead of night last April, state drug agents in Oklahoma intercepted an 18-wheeler rumbling east toward the Arkansas border smuggling 7,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in security camera boxes. The weed was from licensed farms in Oklahoma, according…

Medical marijuana grows are suing over safety inspection requirements in Oklahoma

February 8, 2024
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Medical marijuana grows in Oklahoma have been told time is up to get in compliance with fire and building codes. The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control is now refusing to renew their registrations unless they submit proof they…

Oklahoma cracks down on marijuana grow facilities violating signage rules

November 9, 2023
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The state’s crackdown on marijuana facilities that violate state law includes signs that don’t meet legal standards. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has filed 165 petitions for revocation against licensed grow facilities for failure to have signage required by law, the agency…

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‘People just can’t pay their bills’: Oklahoma’s wild marijuana market is about to shrivel

October 31, 2023
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Tougher enforcement and way, way too much weed are expected to eliminate hundreds of businesses. Tokelahoma’s days are numbered. The world’s wildest weed market — which at its peak had nearly 14,000 licensed medical marijuana businesses — has been steadily…

Delta-8 THC is unregulated in Oklahoma. State marijuana regulators could change that.

October 23, 2023
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Often packaged like candy and displayed prominently at convenience store counters, delta-8 THC products are popular, profitable and, for now, unregulated. Delta-8 is a psychoactive chemical compound found in the cannabis plant that can be sold in the form of gummies,…

Oklahoma Supreme Court declines challenge to marijuana license fee increases

September 14, 2023
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court declined this week to consider a challenge to a bill dramatically raising fees associated with medical marijuana licenses, kicking the lawsuit down to district court in Oklahoma County. The decision not to exercise jurisdiction at this…

Reflections On the recent Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Survey

By Chip Paul Recently a survey has made the rounds in cannabis circles regarding Oklahoma and the “oversupply” issue. It is dramatic and very eye catching and concludes that Oklahoma is oversupplied by 32 times. When you add to that shocking result the fact…

Oklahoma’s medical marijuana agency ‘ready to really get going’

Lawyers for the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority took a seat at one of two tables before a judge as the morning sun splashed through the hexagon-shape windows of a first-floor makeshift courtroom inside the state agency’s building near the state…

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed new medical marijuana regulations. What was included in the bill?

Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed a medical marijuana regulation bill that would have added restrictions on who can get patient cards and how much THC can be in a single serving. The bill also included several other provisions meant to curtail illegal…

Oklahoma House committee churns through medical marijuana bills

Eight Senate medical marijuana bills, including one that would limit the THC content of edibles, advanced through an Oklahoma House of Representatives committee on Wednesday. Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Committee Chairman T.J. Marti, R-Broken Arrow, carried all but one…

Bills Cracking Down on Marijuana Alive in Oklahoma Legislature

A month after Oklahoma voters defeated recreational marijuana, dozens of bills proposing changes to the state’s five-year-old medical marijuana program remain before lawmakers. Among them are proposals to limit the concentration of THC, the mind-altering chemical in cannabis, and another to…

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Oklahoma votes against legalizing recreational marijuana

Voters in Oklahoma on Tuesday rejected a measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, a defeat that marks a significant setback for the marijuana legalization movement. The Associated Press projected the defeat, which came five years after state voters…

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