The state of Oklahoma is expected to vote in June whether or not to approve the use of medical marijuana.
The state’s Legislature is already considering major restrictions on the medical marijuana industry ahead of the vote.
A Senate committee recently approved the regulations that include a limit on how many businesses can be licensed to manufacture and sell medical marijuana. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee passed the regulations on Monday in a 6-5 vote.
Under Senate Bill 1120, the Oklahoma Board of Health will be able to set the price of each dose a patient buys.
According to the bill’s author, Senator Ervin Yen, “There’s stuff in it that could be changed, because it’s a work in progress. As you can imagine, legalizing marijuana, there’s a lot of moving parts with that.”
“I’m the only guy in the Senate that’s trying to legalize marijuana. The only one,” remarked Yen. “And I think if Oklahoma’s going to do it, we need to do it the right way.”
“We just don’t want every Tom, Dick and Harry growing marijuana and selling it,” he explained. “I think that’s a mistake.”
