Oklahoma has a new record. The state now has the highest number of cannabis patients per capita of any state with medical patient licenses. There are more than 350,000 patients or, about 9 percent of the state’s population.
Cannabis sales, production and processing is big business around Grand Lake. There is a total of at least 173 cannabis licensed businesses stretching from Disney to Wyandotte.
The most obvious businesses are medical cannabis dispensaries. There is a total of 2,087 medical cannabis dispensaries licensed by the state. Of those, 29 are in the Grand Lake area. There are 13 dispensaries located in the Grove zip code, four in the Langley zip code, three each in Afton and Fairland’s zip codes, two each in Colcord and Disney’s zip codes, and one each in Wyandotte and Eucha’s zip codes. Eight of those dispensaries are within the Grove city limits.
The state’s licensed growers are now is nearing 6,000. A medical cannabis grower license allows a business to legally grow cannabis for medical purposes in Oklahoma. Licensed growers can sell only to licensed processors and licensed dispensaries.
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