The BLUNT Truth
The Current Buzz Vol 2 Issue 6
Have you heard about SB882?
What about SB532? SB238? SB763?
keeping Oklahoma alerted as to what bills
are being enacted without telling us much
about them, Durbin has started a phone
call firestorm to Senators, Congressmen
and the Governor’s Office. Your call can’t
hurt. Please help keep Medical Marijuana
(somewhat) affordable and accessible to
those who need it. Call those in power and
let them know that some of the bills they are
encouraging are not helping Oklahomans in
need.
At the time of this writing, there are 14
State bills either proposed, in the pipeline
or already approved by the Senate, House,
and/or Governor Stitt tied to the recently
legalized Medical Marijuana. Most of these
bills have been kept quiet, not because
they take measures to get rid of Medical
Marijuana, but our officials continue to look
for ways to tack some sort of ‘tax’ onto it.
One of the strangest of these bills is SB882;
a Senate Bill that offers limited permits (only
10 the first year) to Oklahoma businesses
licensing them to transport, possess or
destroy medical marijuana waste**. If
you work in the medical cannabis biz, you
already know that there is not a lot of waste,
and are the stems and the odd leaf truly an
issue for our landfills? What about empty
dispensary bags? Plastic childproof product
cans?
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority
(OMMA) is offering 10 licenses across the
state at $5,000 each for year one, with
facility permits running $500 each (there are
no limits on the number of facility permits),
another bill would add yet more tax onto
MM, driving Olkahoma tax to almost 20
percent should this Senate Bill get approval.
What do you think about all the new bills
being introduced? Do you think Oklahoma
should legalize marijuana for recreational
use? Why or why not? Send your thoughts
to [email protected] and we’ll
post the results in our August issue.
Senate Bills relevant to Medical Marijuana
you may want to research at
newlsb.lsb.state.ok.us:
The Durbin Law Firm in Tulsa is fighting
OMMA’s efforts at monopolizing and price
gauging medical marijuana and it looks as
though the Durbin Team is winning. By
SB31 SB162 SB238
SB307*** SB532 SB612
SB754 SB755 SB756
SB759 SB760 SB763
SB765 SB767 SB768
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