First Legal Marijuana Planting, This week

  The OMMA reports that 562 licenses were submitted for commercial growing operations, on Thursday.  This is the last hurdle before seeds could be planted for Oklahoma's inaugural crop of new cannabis medicines.  - 

On this date, 90 years ago,
Marijuana was completely legal,
and Liquor possession was a 
federal crime.

 - In addition to the 562 announced grower licenses, the OMMA already has applications for 164 processors to create the refined medicine options. State law requires all cannabis medicines (except pure CBD oil) to be produced, refined, and distributed exclusively with the state of Oklahoma. 

As of 4 p.m. Thursday, 2,148 patient, 17 caregiver, 398 dispensary, 562 grower and 164 processor applications have been received.

— Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (@OMMAOK) August 30, 2018

   The state regulators have been operating a "don't ask-don't tell" policy on marijuana seeds being acquired for the first crops. This has allowed growers to order seeds from sources in states where Marijuana is legal to sell.  The Product safety board has already been appointed and has held several hours of meetings to establish some standards of consistency in products as well as labeling & packaging compliance norms.

  Seedlings are legal in Oklahoma if they break the soil surface on Sept. 7th, or after (providing proper license is in hand). 
  Hundreds of licenses to patients have already gone out and home grow operations are already "in the dirt". Patients who don't have seeds may buy seedlings from a licensed dispensary beginning Sept. 7th.
  Caregiver licenses were received for 17 patients whose health is so frail that they need a trusted person to make the trip to a dispensary on their behalf.

This map details about dozens of physicians helping patients, using cannabis medicine treatment plans.

   There are now 398 licensed dispensaries making their plans to open retail operations in compliance with both local ordinances and state Health Dept. rules.
  There are several dozen physicians already announcing their practice is incorporating cannabis medicine treatments in their strategies for health. the OMMA and other media outlets are collaborating with SoonerPolitics to build the most up to date and inclusive registry of clinicians.  See all of SoonerPolitics' expanded coverage of Medical Marijuana in our special section.