On August 8th of 2018, the top officials of the Oklahoma Health Dept. told the legislature that they expected 80,000 total applications in the first year of Medical Marijuana. They further elaborated that 2000 of them would be for commercial businesses (MMBs). That was then. This is now.
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The projections were made by dept. analyst, Buffy Heater, in the context of agency funding, and if fees would cover the cost of the function. Here's the video of that event.
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At current rate, the OMMA will grant 191,000 licenses in the first year of the program. More than double the original projection of 80,000.
We're On track for 117,000 licensed patients by 1st anniversary
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