MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A city in eastern Oklahoma has rejected a proposed ordinance that would have required local medical cannabis patients who wish to grow cannabis to obtain a license.
The Muskogee City Council voted Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in favor of adopting limited regulations regarding State Question 788, a medical marijuana initiative passed by Oklahoma voters in June 2018.
Roy Tucker, Muskogee’s city attorney, says commercial entities must still pay $750 annually for their licenses, but that Muskogee wouldn’t benefit from being more restrictive on home-growing cannabis than what the current state law outlines.
Some smaller municipalities statewide have taken a stricter approach and banned most commercial cannabis operations within their cities. Marijuana activists say such limitations violate the spirit of the state initiative and will likely lead to court challenges.
