Escalating quickly

Oct. 7, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) announced it had licensed its 200,000th patient.

That is an average of 3,500 patients each week since OMMA started accepting patient applications. Based upon the state’s estimated population of 4 million, that means more than 5 percent of all Oklahomans are now card-carrying cannabis patients.

In addition to the boom of dispensaries, processors and growers that have come with the burgeoning cannabis industry, dozens of businesses that specialize in getting patients their doctor recommendations have also opened in the past year.

A popular place for patients to acquire their licenses in the Oklahoma City metro, Green Hope Wellness Clinic, 2309 S. Interstate 35 Service Road, has seen a big slowdown in patients seeking recommendations a year later but are still seeing hundreds of patients a week, owner Renee Harper said.

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