To illustrate his point, the Governor stated, “Oklahoma charges just $2,500 for a commercial license. Even California charges up to $181,000—72 times more,” Stiff said. “As a result, we have seven times the growers in California with just 10 percent of the people.”
The governor continued:
“Next door in Arkansas, they have eight growers. We have 8,300. You know as well as I do that not all of that product is being sold legally. This is a perfect example of why we need to make sure initiative petitions represent Oklahomans and not out-of-state special interest groups.”
The Governor asserted that Oklahomans were misled by the legislation passed in 2018, which allowed the current illegal market to flourish like never before.
Oklahomans intend to vote on adult-use cannabis in 2022. Will the current market allow for a prosperous cannabis industry in Oklahoma?
