A new bill moving through the state legislature would limit the amount of commercial medical cannabis licenses allowed in Oklahoma for at least the next two years. Representative Josh West authored HB 2272 and said it’s an effort to slow down a growing criminal element in the state.
“We do have a thriving medical cannabi9s industry in the state of Oklahoma. At the same time we’ve got a thriving black market industry in the state of Oklahoma, too,” Rep. West said on the House floor last Wednesday.
The law would cap the number of licenses allowed starting September 1, 2021. He argued organized crime takes advantage of the limited oversight of the industry offered by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority.
“They buy up a bunch of licenses and with no intent of ever operating a legitimate business and they skip from license to license,” West said Monday.
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