TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The shelves at Preme Cannabis Firm do not have the choice they utilised to.
It really is not that James Walker, owner of Preme Cannabis Co., hasn’t wanted to purchase the solution, it is that he hasn’t been permitted to considering that January.
“A thing has to be accomplished. I imply, we cannot preserve the doors open like this,” Walker mentioned.
He has been in the health-related marijuana company for 3 years.
Walker mentioned till lately, men and women could apply to renew their license prior to it expired and could preserve obtaining the solution even though the Oklahoma Healthcare Marijuana Authority did the paperwork for the new license, a procedure that can take months.
Now, that procedure has changed.
“Metrc does not let the dispensaries or the growers to sell unless their license is active,” Walker mentioned.
Metrc is a enterprise contracted by the state to preserve track of transactions in the marijuana business for the OMMA.
“So it is OMMA’s problem with the license, and then Metrc just cutting men and women of willy nilly when they pick out to, so there’s not, there’s no communication among OMMA and Metrc on how they need to have to deal with these circumstances,” mentioned lawyer Ronald Durbin II.
Lawyer Durbin is familiar with the business.
“The issue is, let’s say you have a renewal that is due correct now and I submit the renewal. Properly, the minute that my license time expires, let’s say it expires in ten days, I’m nevertheless great result in my renewal’s in. But what OMMA is going to show is that your license is expired till they essentially approve your renewal. That could be 30, 45, 90 days, and till then, Metrc sees you as inactive on OMMA technique and stops you from getting in a position to make use of the technique,” Durbin mentioned.
For Walker, this adjust has triggered much more tension for him.
News Channel eight requested an interview with the OMMA.
“We’re unable to fulfill your interview request concerning this inquiry….OMMA is conscious that some license holders could be experiencing challenges,” mentioned OMMA in response.
Tulsa City Councilor Grant Miller has a license for industrial developing and weighed in on the problem.
“What we need to have to do is organize and head down to the capitol. I’m in touch with a lot of cannabis corporations in town, they all have challenges with it. From the challenges you are speaking about, getting locked out of the technique, to even just basic common operating procedures like how to produce a sample for the labs so that we can go get testing. If you do not do that correctly they will lock you out,” Miller mentioned.
Meanwhile, at Preme, Walker waited more than 60 days for his license to be renewed and does not know when it will.
“I renewed, I paid my dollars, and this is what I get,” he mentioned.
If your health-related marijuana company is dealing with a equivalent scenario, let me know by emailing bmummolo@ktul.com.
