Oklahoma Issues First Medicinal Cannabis Licenses

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) kicked off the state’s medical cannabis program on Saturday, August 26 with a successful launch of their new website where patients, caregivers, physicians, and businesses can all apply for their respective licenses.

“Thanks to the hard work of our Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority project team, we have been able to meet the requirements of SQ788 and provide a system that will provide for the processing of applications,” said Interim State Health Commissioner Tom Bates in a statement. “It has taken many long hours and great coordination between partners to reach this benchmark, and we could not have accomplished our work without the help and expertise of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES), and our software vendor, Complia Government Solutions.”

The online system went live at 10 a.m., and by noon they had already received 122 dispensary, 194 grower, and 42 processor applications. By Saturday evening, there were 1,054 patient, 634 business, and three caregiver applications that had been filed.

Even though some iCloud and Yahoo users experienced a glitch where they were not receiving courtesy emails, the majority of applications were received by the system without issue.

The OMMA awarded licenses to twenty-three patients during the weekend commencement to test the integrity of the system’s approval operations.

The application process, which will resume on Monday, must be completed online and cannot be submitted in person at any state or county offices.

The medical marijuana license application fee is $20 for patients with Medicaid/SoonerCare or Medicare and $100 for everyone else. According to the OMMA website, enrollees can expect to receive a letter from the OMMA within fourteen days informing them of the denial or approval of their application.

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