The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) is committed to promoting public health and safety through good medical cannabis practices by patients and businesses. Marijuana is legal only within the framework set by state laws and regulations.
OMMA recently took action against companies for serious violations, including thousands of unreported marijuana plants, and several pounds of untested and untraceable marijuana for sale. These are not simple bookkeeping errors.
Stories that OMMA is closing businesses for minor violations are simply untrue and are being used to unnecessarily scare fear among businesses acting within the law. There are thousands of companies working within the law to provide patients with access to medical marijuana. Out of 12,653 licenses, about 1% ½ had emergency orders issued for non-compliance.
Like other bodies that regulate consumables, OMMA has a responsibility and an obligation to promote product safety and ensure that every step of the process, from production to consumption, is compliant with the law.
- Patients who purchase marijuana from licensed pharmacies should be confident that the product they are consuming has been legally grown, properly processed, and rigorously tested to ensure patient safety. These products also need to be labeled accurately so that patients can make informed decisions. This is why it is important for patients to purchase marijuana products only from licensed pharmacies.
- The public expects companies that manufacture and sell medical marijuana products to operate within the law and not support illegal markets.
- Also, the public expects companies in the cannabis industry to operate in a manner that poses no threat to themselves or their communities in the short or long term.
This is why laws are enacted by legislatures and enforced by OMMA.
Here are some examples of recent emergency actions:
1. Grown in Pawnee County with over 4,500 untagged, untraceable medical marijuana plants.
2. Processors in Canadian County move untested medical marijuana products to illegal markets outside the state’s inventory tracking system.
3. An Oklahoma County dispensary sells untagged, untraceable medical marijuana products to non-patients.
4. Growing Love County mixes untested medical marijuana with failed medical marijuana.
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