One of the largest cannabis cultivators in Oklahoma is back in business.
Cedric Gardens, one of dozens of licensed cannabis businesses to have its state permit suspended by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, had its right to operate restored by a state judge on Monday, according to Oklahoma City-based Fox 25.
OMMA issued an emergency order on Feb. 24 that temporarily revoked Cedric Gardens’ cultivation permit, state records show.
The agency alleged the grower had a significant amount of cannabis “untagged” with required track-and-trace identifiers and “unreconcilable” with the amount of product registered in state seed-to-sale tracking.
It was one of dozens of permits temporarily revoked by state authorities amid a crackdown on cannabis in Oklahoma, once one of the country’s most permissive states for marijuana businesses.
As KTUL reported, Cedric Gardens challenged OMMA in court, where the regulator’s claims were defeated.
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“We proved that there was no public safety threat and that Cedric Gardens’ business practices were approved by OMMA every year without ever citing or disciplining the business,” attorney Dana Kurtz, who represented Cedric Gardens, told KTUL.
“We also established that all of the product was completely reconcilable in Metrc, which OMMA did not even bother to check before suspending the license without any evidence.”
OMMA did not immediately comment. Records were not available without a Freedom of Information Act request, a court clerk told MJBizDaily.
The win for an Oklahoma medical marijuana cultivator comes amid an escalating crackdown on legal cannabis in the state.
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Annual cannabis sales in Oklahoma exceeded $600 million in 2025, a significant drop from the market’s heyday – and one that reflects state officials’ efforts to curtail the industry.
Earlier this year, lawmakers renewed a moratorium on new permits.
Then, amid frequent allegations from top officials that Oklahoma cannabis is rife with criminals, Gov. Kevin Stitt called to abolish legal marijuana in the state entirely.
“Oklahoma’s marijuana ‘experiment’ has failed,” he posted on X on March 3.
“It’s time to shut this broken system down and protect our kids and communities.”
In separate federal lawsuits filed against Stitt, OMMA and other authorities last fall, cannabis operators alleged that Oklahoma’s government is “engaged in a scheme and pattern and practice to destroy legally operating businesses.”
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According to the suit, Oklahoma authorities are doing this through:
- Imposing permit requirements retroactively and passing laws that make compliance impossible
- Refusing to process permit applications promptly
- Rejecting applications for minor errors
On April 14, attorneys for the state filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss cultivators’ claims. A decision is pending, according to records.
