Oklahoma targeting unlicensed marijuana cultivators, grows
Oklahomaās drug enforcement agency is ramping up large scale operations to eradicate illegal marijuana cultivation operators and grow sites.
Oklahomaās drug enforcement agency is ramping up large scale operations to eradicate illegal marijuana cultivation operators and grow sites.
Oklahomans will not be voting on recreational legalization on Nov. 8.
While business around the world shuttered as COVID-19 spread, the marijuana industry was deemed “essential” in nearly 30 states and stood to gain from the pandemic.
But more than two years later, amid rising inflation and fears of a recession, North American cannabis companies are cutting hundreds of jobs, closing retail outlets and cultivation facilities or shuttering altogether.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court said it will consider whether legalizing adult-use cannabis should be on the stateās Nov. 8 election ballot.
But itās not clear if there is enough time to print ballots with State Question 820 in time.
A proposed measure in Oklahoma to legalize adult-use marijuana is one step closer to making the November ballot after the secretary of state certified that backers had gathered enough signatures to qualify.
California-based cannabis advertising giant Weedmaps said it has laid off about 10% of its workers because of a widespread slowdown in the U.S. marijuana market.
Oklahoma is enacting a nearly two-year moratorium on new medical marijuana grower, processing and dispensary licenses, beginning Aug. 26, in efforts to catch up with a backlog of work and raise business-compliance levels.