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Patients and growers warn prepackaging rule will harm medicine quality, small businesses
Summary
Commenters at OMMA's Dec. 17 public-comment meeting said implementation of House Bill 3361 and related permanent rules requiring prepackaging of flower would risk mold, reduce patients' ability to inspect medicine, and squeeze small growers and dispensaries.
During the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority's Dec. 17 public-comment meeting, patients, growers and dispensary operators urged the agency to reconsider implementation details for prepackaging required by House Bill 3361.
"Our patients who come to us are already sick, especially our cancer patients. I can't consciously sell them something that I know can make them more sick," said Tracy Turner, who identified herself as a patient and who spoke on behalf of her family's dispensary, Groovy Cats.
Turner and others described concerns that prepackaging flower would prevent dispensary staff and patients from assessing aroma, moisture and visible defects. She told…
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