Oklahoma business owners are going head-to-head with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. A lawsuit was filed Thursday in Okmulgee County District Court to stop the implementation of a medical cannabis seed-to-sell tracking program.
"We deal with stuff like this every single year, every single session,” said Darrell Carnes, Owner of Mary Jane Dispensary in Moore. "We believe that Metrc and what was being required of businesses here in the state of Oklahoma was an unlawful request,” Carnes said.
If the lawsuit is unsuccessful, business owners will be required to sign up for Metrc, pay for it, and buy proprietary RFID tags from Metrc and Metrc only. "When you do compel a small business to purchase these tags, you're creating a monopoly,” said Carnes.
"Whenever we don't have competition for a supplier, you get into a really dangerous situation where they don't have to price their tags competitively,” said Jeremy Dedmon, owner of Paragon Extracts in Tuttle.
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