Grown in Oklahoma, Smoked in New York: Illicit Marijuana’s Legal Roots February 24, 2024 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York, Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Medical marijuana grows are suing over safety inspection requirements in Oklahoma February 8, 2024 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Oklahoma cracks down on marijuana grow facilities violating signage rules November 9, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
‘People just can’t pay their bills’: Oklahoma’s wild marijuana market is about to shrivel October 31, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Delta-8 THC is unregulated in Oklahoma. State marijuana regulators could change that. October 23, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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,… Read More→
Oklahoma Supreme Court declines challenge to marijuana license fee increases September 14, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Reflections On the recent Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Survey August 16, 2023 Chip Paul Oklahoma, Op-Ed, Opinions 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Oklahoma’s medical marijuana agency ‘ready to really get going’ June 22, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed new medical marijuana regulations. What was included in the bill? June 13, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Oklahoma House committee churns through medical marijuana bills April 13, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Bills Cracking Down on Marijuana Alive in Oklahoma Legislature April 10, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Oklahoma votes against legalizing recreational marijuana March 8, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Oklahomans head to polls for one issue: legal marijuana March 7, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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.… Read More→
Pot vote has Oklahoma hungry to rake in green from Texas March 4, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma, Texas 0 Comments 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.… Read More→
Will conservative Oklahoma vote to legalize recreational weed? March 2, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments 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… Read More→