Oklahoma cracks down on marijuana grow facilities violating signage rules
The state’s crackdown on marijuana facilities that violate state law includes signs that don’t meet legal standards.
The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has filed 165 petitions for revocation against licensed grow facilities for failure to have signage required by law, the agency announced this week.
In a news release, the authority cited Senate Bill 1737 which took effect Nov. 1, 2022.
The law requires all commercial growers to post signage at the perimeter of their property. The sign must be at least 18 inches by 24 inches, have lettering in a standardized black font at least two inches tall on a white background and include the business name, physical address, phone number and authority license number.
Failure to erect the proper signage within 60 days after the renewal of each application for a medical marijuana commercial grower license results in immediate license revocation, according to the law.
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Those in violation have the opportunity to appear before and administrative law judge to show good cause for why their licenses should not be revoked.
“When the Legislature sent this mandate to the OMMA to implement, our inspectors out in the field immediately began noting which facilities were in compliance and which ones were not,” Executive Director Adria Berry said in the news release.
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Berry also offered “kudos to the thousands of businesses out there that took the time to put up proper signage.”
The agency announced that compliance and enforcement efforts within the last year have included nearly 7,000 inspections and 4,600 operational status visits.
The agency also has seized nearly five tons of illicit cannabis and embargoed roughly 3,000 pounds of cannabis and nearly 71,200 plants.
The agency said it has assisted law enforcement throughout the state more than 114 times, including conducting 13 search warrants, making one arrest and visiting 65 locations.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority cracks down on grow facilities
