“Let’s see what shakes out from the things that we’ve done the first six years. Give the industry a break and give it time to show us if the changes we made are beneficial.”
By Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice
The Oklahoma Legislature should hit pause on further regulating the state’s medical marijuana industry to allow recent laws to take full effect, one legislator said Tuesday.
Rep. T.J. Marti, R-Broken Arrow, said lawmakers have created enough cannabis laws since voters first legalized medical marijuana in 2018, and everyone would benefit from waiting to pass any additional regulations. Marti has taken the lead on various marijuana regulatory bills over the past few years and currently chairs the House Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Committee.
“I’ve been saying let’s see what shakes out from the things that we’ve done the first six years,” he said. “Give the industry a break and give it time to show us if the changes we made are beneficial.”
Still, House lawmakers heard from medical marijuana patients and industry advocates, laboratory testing businesses and the state’s regulatory agency at an interim study on Tuesday. They proposed over a dozen more ways the industry could be further regulated amid
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