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Oklahoma’s Dispensary Licenses Fall for First Time Since Opening of Medical Cannabis Market March 12, 2021
Oklahoma’s Medical Cannabis Program: By the Numbers
In 2020, Oklahoma joined states like Colorado and Illinois in posting record cannabis sales for the year. Oklahoma patients bought a whopping $830 million-plus worth of medical marijuana, more than doubling the $345 million amassed across 2019.
The boost in sales is likely due to the vast increase in Oklahomians registered for the state’s medical marijuana program up from 220,000 patients in January to over 365,000 patients by December 2020. And those new patients generated a considerable amount of tax revenue for the Sooner State. While cannabis retailers generated about $30 million in state and local taxes in 2019, that number shot up to $71.6 million in 2020.