OMMA Director Adria Berry provides insights on regulation, staffing, challenges and advancements within the state’s 6-year-old program.

“Children are buying stuff that looks like candy in stores when it’s actually hemp-derived products that can get them high,” said Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle.

An informal study at the Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health found 54% of admissions for psychosis were connected to meth use.

Toddlers under the influence of THC, cannabis’ active ingredient, are showing up at Oklahoma hospitals and clinics at an alarming and rising rate, lawmakers were told Monday.

State Supreme Court Chief Justice John Kane will issue a report to the full court, which could accept or reject the case.

They’ve asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to toss out House Bill 2179, which took effect June 1 and created a tiered licensing system for growers and processors but not dispensaries.

Senate Bill 437, which passed the House 72-20 on the last day of the regular session, includes provisions on packaging, prescribing to minors and and financial disclosure.

After clearing the Senate on Thursday, Senate Bills 437 and 831 made it through the House on Friday just ahead of the gavel.