Oklahoma House bill to pause new Marijuana licenses

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KSWO) – A just lately handed Oklahoma home invoice will pause new licenses to promote, develop, or course of marijuana.

HB 3208 is pausing new licenses, as a result of a extreme backlog inside the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority’s database.

That moratorium was supposed to start Monday, however was delayed till the August 26, after Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority officers admitted to creating a mistake in decoding the regulation.

The home invoice wasn’t simply handed for OMMA to play catch up, but in addition ensures that OMMA is removing folks seeking to make the most of Oklahoma’s lax Marijuana legal guidelines.

Mark Woodward, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics advised Media retailers that Oklahoma is the #1 provider of Black Market marijuana throughout the East Coast, one thing that Woodward hopes this moratorium will change.

The moratorium will final till August 1, 2024, or till OMMA has caught up with all current purposes.

It doesn’t have an effect on any current Marijuana sellers, growers, or producers.

In the meantime, new Senate invoice 1511 can be affecting new candidates.

Per that invoice, cultivations operations should now be situated at the very least 1,000 toes from a faculty or know-how middle.

Copyright 2022 KSWO. All rights reserved.