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Oklahoma lawmakers, cannabis businesses want more marijuana tracking options this year

January 20, 2023
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Pressure is mounting at the Oklahoma Legislature to rebid a contract with the state's seed-to-sale marijuana tracking system. Lawmakers and cannabis businesses have complained that the current tracking system, implemented by Metrc on behalf of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority,…

Oklahoma’s next big election will ask voters to legalize recreational marijuana

November 28, 2022
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As the decades-long push to legalize marijuana state-by-state nears the halfway point, Oklahoma could provide an interesting case study when voters decide whether to legalize adult cannabis use in March. Twenty-one states have now legalized recreational marijuana use, including Missouri…

Gov. Kevin Stitt sets special election for recreational marijuana state question in Oklahoma

October 19, 2022
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Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday set a special election for a state question that seeks to legalize recreational marijuana. State Question 820 will be on the March 7 ballot. Last month, the Oklahoma Supreme Court declined to put it on the…

Oklahoma Supreme Court delays action on recreational marijuana question

A state question to legalize recreational marijuana appears unlikely to make it on the November ballot after the Oklahoma Supreme Court declined to step in while the measure still faces procedural hurdles. In a 5-4 opinion issued Tuesday, justices deferred intervention in…

State Contractor Verifying Petitions for Recreational Marijuana Initiative in Oklahoma

Oklahoma is paying a company associated with a political polling firm $300,000 per year to verify signatures for statewide ballot initiatives, leading some to question the fairness of the process by which Oklahomans can vote directly on state issues. Western…

Oklahoma will stop granting licenses to grow, sell marijuana

Oklahoma will stop giving out new licenses to grow, sell, or process marijuana at the end of August. The moratorium was supposed to start Monday, but the application deadline was extended at the last minute. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority…

Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority expecting budget growth ahead of autonomy

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority says it expects its budget request to increase for fiscal year 2023 as it transitions to becoming an independent agency by November. Previously, OMMA has operated as a part of the Oklahoma Department of Health.…

Medical marijuana industry creates booming impact on rural Oklahoma

Rural Oklahoma has seen the impacts of the booming medical marijuana industry. Oklahoma has come to be known as the “Wild West of Weed” thanks to the booming medical marijuana industry. While grow operations have been popping up all across…

Oklahoma House votes to raise costs of commercial medical marijuana licenses

The Oklahoma House of Representatives moved closer to its goal of comprehensive medical marijuana reform on Thursday with the passage of six additional bills, including a substantial hike in the cost of most commercial licenses. House Bill 2179, by Rep.…

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Gov. Stitt to decide on bill to make Marijuana Authority freestanding agency in Oklahoma

A bill to make the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority a freestanding state agency awaits action from Gov. Kevin Stitt. The Oklahoma Senate on Thursday gave final passage to legislation that is the result of years of discussions about moving the OMMA…

Marijuana industry exploded in Oklahoma. Why not Texas?

February 23, 2022
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In 2018, nearly 57% of Oklahoma voters approved a ballot initiative legalizing medical marijuana. And since then, the industry has exploded. If you’re a Texan who thinks marijuana is only available in liberal cities and states, the reality on your…

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As Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry booms, regulators struggle to keep up

January 21, 2022
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Row by row, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs agents and Garvin County deputies cut down 2,500 marijuana plants and loaded them in a dump truck for destruction during an April 2021 raid near Pauls Valley. The grow operation…

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Law enforcement in Oklahoma’s marijuana industry could change drastically in 2022. Here’s why

January 10, 2022
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One of the biggest challenges Oklahoma faced in 2021 with its nascent medical marijuana industry was enforcement. It was both a law problem and a human problem. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority had limits in how it could enforce the rules.…

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Service veterans share perspective on medical marijuana during interim study in Oklahoma House

November 4, 2021
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When retired Army Maj. Ed Pulido met Mike Harryman, a fellow veteran injured in combat, one thing was obvious, he said: Doctors had given him too many pills. “We got him on the medical marijuana — I will tell you…

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Marijuana industry reps try to sell state lawmakers on process to help reduce testing costs in Oklahoma

October 26, 2021
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Cannabis industry representatives told Oklahoma lawmakers during an interim study Monday that adopting standard practices used by food and drug makers could make medical marijuana cheaper and safer. They tried to sell lawmakers on process validation, a system where data…