One Year After Sq 788 Vote, Oklahoma Near No. 1 For Patients Among Medical Marijuana States

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Wed, 06/26/2019 - 3:29am

When Oklahomans voted one year ago in favor of State Question 788, officials thought about 80,000 patients, or about 2% of the state’s estimated population, would register in the first year of a legal medical marijuana program. As of June 24, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has already registered more than 3.5% of the population as patients, with little sign of applications slowing.Read more on NewsOK.com

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