Oklahoma

Oklahoma lawmakers have approved $300,000 for a new program aimed at creating a cannabis breathalyzer.

Oklahoma medical cannabis sales set a new record during April despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Oklahoma state Rep. Scott Fegatter (R) has proposed broad cannabis legalization, which he says would pad the state budget with up to $100 million in annual tax revenue.

Oklahoma’s petition to legalize cannabis is on hold and likely dead for the year amid a 30-day statewide emergency declaration.

Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation has announced plans to study the potential ramifications of major cannabis and hemp policy reforms.

Fearing that legalization would disrupt the existing resources that medical cannabis patients rely on, activists have withdrawn their petition for adult-use cannabis in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma regulators have yet to license any laboratories to test products for the medical cannabis marketplace despite having already licensed more than 4,000 growers — the testing lab application process opens November 1.

Oklahoma state officials have approved 200,000 medical cannabis applications since the application process launched last year — that’s an average of 3,500 new patients per week.

Oklahoma’s new medical cannabis regulations include seed-to-sale tracking requirements and clarifications for gun-owning patients.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to sign legislation greatly expanding the state’s current industrial hemp program.

The Oklahoma state House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a bill creating rules and regulations for the state’s future medical cannabis industry.

Despite 11 separate test results confirming the statements of truck drivers transporting the hemp, two still remain in jail and officials in Oklahoma are now demanding the entire contents of the truck — more than 17,000 pounds of hemp — be tested for THC content.