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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…

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…

The push for legal weed faces hostile ground in red states

Weed legalization advocates are running out of friendly territory. The movement has swept the country over the last decade: Nearly half of Americans now live in a state where anyone at least 21 years old can legally possess and purchase…

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…

Oklahomans head to polls for one issue: legal marijuana

Oklahoma voters will decide Tuesday whether to make the state one of the most conservative to green light cannabis use for adults. State Question 820, the result of a signature gathering drive last year, is the only item on the statewide ballot.…

Pot vote has Oklahoma hungry to rake in green from Texas

Tens of thousands of Texans from the bustling Dallas-Fort Worth area routinely drive across the Red River to gamble in glitzy, Las Vegas-style tribal casinos or to relax at cabins or swim and ski in lakes that dot southern Oklahoma.…

Will conservative Oklahoma vote to legalize recreational weed?

As Oklahomans prepare to vote on legalizing recreational marijuana, supporters say it’s a clear decision to support local businesses and promote social justice reform, while detractors say it’s a weedier situation. Oklahomans will vote on State Question 820 on March 7. If…