Data as of 2026-06-07

Oklahoma

Oklahoma voters approved medical cannabis through State Question 788 on June 26, 2018; the statute took effect roughly thirty days later, on or about July 26, 2018, and first sales followed within about three months. The state has no adult-use program — State Question 820, the recreational measure, was defeated by voters 61.67 percent to 38.33 percent on March 7, 2023. The medical program is open-entry: no patient-condition list, a flat $2,500 base commercial fee, and no license cap at launch. The commercial footprint grew large and then contracted. Grower licenses peaked at 9,402 on December 3, 2021 and stood at 1,961 as of June 1, 2026, a decline of 7,441 licenses, or 79.14 percent. Implied retail sales, derived from the 7 percent excise base, peaked at roughly $945 million in calendar-year 2021 and fell to $647,151,300 in calendar-year 2025 — $158.02 per resident — declining each of the four years since the peak, with a 10.26 percent drop in 2025. As of June 1, 2026 the state had 1,355 operating dispensaries, 33.09 per 100,000 residents, and 309,374 active patients, down from a peak in the range of 370,000 to 387,000. A licensing moratorium on new grower, processor, and dispensary applications runs through August 1, 2026.

Market

Licensing & Market

Oklahoma operates an open-entry medical market. There is no patient-condition restriction, and the base commercial license fee is a flat $2,500 for growers, processors, and dispensaries alike, though tiered licensing under HB 2179 (2022) now scales grower and processor fees with canopy and volume up to $50,000, and dispensary renewal is set at 10 percent of prior-year combined tax remitted, with a $2,500 floor and a $10,000 ceiling. SQ 788 imposed no license cap at launch; HB 3208 (2022) created a moratorium on accepting new grower, processor, and dispensary applications, extended by HB 2095 (2023) through August 1, 2026 — a functional limit on new entry. The state does not publish a cumulative count of licenses awarded, so activation rates against an awarded base cannot be computed. As of June 1, 2026 there were 1,961 operating growers and 1,355 operating dispensaries — 478.83 growers per million residents and 33.09 dispensaries per 100,000 residents. Vertical integration is permitted: an owner may simultaneously hold grower, processor, and dispensary licenses, each requiring a separate application and fee. Licenses are transferable, effective November 1, 2024 under SB 1939. At least 75 percent of the ownership interest in a licensed business must be held by Oklahoma residents, with a qualifying residency path of two continuous years immediately preceding application. The state tracks product through Metrc.

Field Value Source
Cultivator licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Cultivator licenses operational 1961 [6]
Cultivator activation rate Not available in the public record —
Operating cultivators per million 478.83 [7]
Retail licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Retail licenses operational 1355 [8]
Retail activation rate Not available in the public record —
Dispensaries per 100k 33.09 [9]
Vertical integration allowed [10]
License caps exist Yes [11]
Licenses transferable Yes [12]
Residency required Yes [13]
Residency duration (months) 24 [14]
Municipalities allowing Not available in the public record —
Municipalities total Not available in the public record —
Municipal opt-in rate Not available in the public record —
Track-and-trace system Metrc [15]
Cultivator application fee $2,500 [16]
Cultivator annual fee $2,500 [17]
Retail application fee $2,500 [18]
Retail annual fee $2,500 [19]
Consumers

Consumer Rules

A licensed patient may possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis on their person and 8 ounces at their residence, along with 1 ounce of concentrate and 72 ounces of edibles. Home cultivation is permitted for licensed patients: 6 mature plants and 6 seedlings, subject to conditions on property and visibility. Oklahoma sets possession limits rather than codified per-transaction purchase caps, so no statutory flower, concentrate, or edible purchase limit is published. Concentrates, edibles, and topicals are all authorized product forms for licensed patients. Dispensary-to-patient delivery is prohibited under Oklahoma Department of Health rules (Chapter 681); patients may order online but must pick up in store or curbside, while business-to-business transport between licensees via licensed transporters is separate and permitted. Oklahoma has no on-site consumption or social-use venue category; consumption on dispensary premises is prohibited, and public smoking is barred wherever tobacco smoking is barred under the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act.

Field Value Source
Home grow allowed Yes [20]
Home grow plant limit 6 [21]
Possession limit (oz) 3 [22]
Delivery legal No [23]
Delivery operational No [24]
Consumption lounges legal No [25]
Consumption lounges count 0 [26]
Purchase limit, flower (oz) Not available in the public record —
Purchase limit, concentrate (g) Not available in the public record —
Purchase limit, edibles (mg) Not available in the public record —
All product forms legal Yes [27]
Restricted product forms Not available in the public record —
Taxes

Taxation

Oklahoma levies a 7 percent excise tax on the gross retail sale of medical cannabis under Oklahoma Administrative Code Section 442:10-5-7, authorized by SQ 788. Medical cannabis is not tax-exempt: the 4.5 percent state sales tax also applies, for a state-level rate of 11.5 percent, and average local sales tax of roughly 4.49 percent brings the typical consumer rate to about 15.99 percent. There is no THC-potency-tiered tax. The 7 percent excise rate has not changed since the program launched. Combined cannabis tax — excise plus state and local sales tax — totaled $103,690,117 in calendar-year 2025, or $25.32 per resident. That total has fallen each of the last several calendar years, from $117.63 million in 2023 to $114.95 million in 2024 to $103.69 million in 2025. The excise component alone was $45,300,591 in calendar-year 2025, down from a peak of $66,173,759 in 2021. Since fiscal year 2024 the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has been funded by legislative appropriation rather than by this revenue, which flows to the state general fund, education, and local governments.

Field Value Source
Excise tax 7% [28]
Excise tax type per price [29]
Sales tax 4.5% [30]
Wholesale tax Not available in the public record —
Potency tax exists No [31]
Potency tax, flower Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, concentrate Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, edibles Not available in the public record —
Local tax (max) Not available in the public record —
Local tax (typical) 4.49% [32]
Total effective rate 15.99% [33]
Medical tax exempt No [34]
Medical tax rate 11.5% [35]
Annual tax revenue $103,690,117 [36]
Tax revenue per capita $25.32 [37]
Tax changed since legalization No [38]
Tax direction unchanged [39]
Operators

Operator Data

Implied retail sales reached $647,151,300 in calendar-year 2025, derived from the 7 percent excise base; Oklahoma publishes no total-sales figure of its own. Sales per resident were $158.02. The market declined 10.26 percent year over year and has fallen each of the four years since its calendar-year 2021 peak of roughly $945 million, a cumulative decline of about 32 percent. The supply base contracted over the same period. Grower licenses fell from a peak of 9,402 on December 3, 2021 to 1,961 as of June 1, 2026 — a loss of 7,441 licenses, or 79.14 percent. Processor licenses fell from a peak of 1,834 in March 2023 to 630, and operating dispensaries fell from a peak near 2,800 to 1,355. The state publishes no public wholesale or retail price index, so price compression and operator margins cannot be quantified from public records; those figures are available only through proprietary data not used here.

Field Value Source
Wholesale flower ($/lb) Not available in the public record —
Wholesale flower period Not available in the public record —
Wholesale trend Not available in the public record —
Wholesale price compression Not available in the public record —
Retail flower ($/oz) Not available in the public record —
Operator margin Not available in the public record —
Total market sales $647,151,300 [40]
Adult-use sales Not available in the public record —
Per-capita sales $158.02 [41]
YoY sales growth -10.26% [42]
License attrition (count) 7441 [43]
License attrition 79.14% [44]
Peak cultivation licenses 9402 [45]
Current cultivation licenses 1961 [46]
Outcomes

Consumer Data

Oklahoma residents purchased an implied $158.02 of medical cannabis per resident in calendar-year 2025, served by 33.09 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. The state publishes no public retail price index, so the direction of consumer prices cannot be stated from public sources. It publishes no estimate of legal-market capture — the share of total consumption met by licensed dispensaries versus the unregulated market — so the degree to which licensed supply has displaced the legacy market cannot be stated from public records.

Field Value Source
Per-capita sales $158.02 [41]
Dispensaries per 100k 33.09 [9]
Legal market capture Not available in the public record —
Legal capture source Not available in the public record —
Retail price trend Not available in the public record —
Equity

Equity Programs

Oklahoma's medical program contains no social equity license category, preference, or program; licensing is open-entry with a residency requirement rather than an equity framework. There is no dedicated cannabis social-equity fund — SQ 788 directed surplus excise revenue, after the regulator's costs, to education and the general revenue fund. The state publishes no ownership-demographic data for licensed businesses. Record relief runs through SQ 780 (2016), which reclassified simple drug possession as a misdemeanor, and HB 1269 (2019), which made that change retroactive; this is general drug-possession relief, petition-based and not cannabis-specific, and the state publishes no count of cannabis records cleared.

Field Value Source
Equity program exists No [47]
Equity program type Not available in the public record —
Equity licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Equity licenses operational Not available in the public record —
Equity activation rate Not available in the public record —
Equity fund exists No [48]
Equity fund size Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursed Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursement rate Not available in the public record —
Minority ownership Not available in the public record —
Women ownership Not available in the public record —
Community reinvestment Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [49]
Expungement automatic No [50]
Expungements processed Not available in the public record —
Income cap for equity Not available in the public record —
Enforcement

Enforcement

Oklahoma tracks regulated product seed-to-sale through Metrc. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority operated on a $37 million budget in fiscal year 2024, its first year as a legislatively appropriated agency, and filed 1,454 administrative cases against licensees that year. Beyond those figures, the state does not publish the operational metrics of enforcement as sourceable annual figures: inspection counts, illicit-market enforcement actions, regulatory staffing, mandatory testing analytes, per-batch testing cost, product recalls, and the fine schedule are not available in the public record in a form that can be sourced — not because enforcement does not occur, but because the regulator does not report these figures in that form.

Field Value Source
Track-and-trace system Metrc [15]
Inspections per year Not available in the public record —
Enforcement actions (licensees) 1454 [51]
Unlicensed-market enforcement actions Not available in the public record —
Regulatory budget $37,000,000 [52]
Regulatory staff Not available in the public record —
Mandatory testing analytes Not available in the public record —
Testing cost per batch Not available in the public record —
Product recalls per year Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (min) Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (max) Not available in the public record —
Criminal Law

Penalties & Criminal Law

Oklahoma's penalty direction since 2018 has moved in two directions. For users, SQ 780 (2016, effective July 1, 2017) reduced simple possession of any controlled substance from a felony to a misdemeanor, and SQ 788 (2018) created patient immunity and a $400-fine, no-jail exception for unlicensed possession of up to 1.5 ounces by a person who can state a medical condition. Non-patient possession is a misdemeanor at any quantity under 63 O.S. Section 2-402, carrying up to one year in county jail and a fine up to $1,000. There is no quantity-based felony threshold for possession. Unlicensed cultivation under 63 O.S. Section 2-509 is a felony regardless of plant count — up to 1,000 plants carries 20 years to life and a fine up to $25,000; more than 1,000 plants carries 20 years to life and a fine up to $50,000. Unlicensed sale under 63 O.S. Section 2-401 is a felony at any weight, with the top tier — 1,000 pounds or more — carrying 4 years to life and a fine up to $500,000. For commercial operators, penalties were added after legalization: SB 475 (2023) made it unlawful to obtain a license through a straw owner, and HB 2095 (2023) expanded enforcement authority for the Attorney General and state bureaus and extended the licensing moratorium. Oklahoma applies a zero-tolerance impaired-driving standard under 47 O.S. Section 11-902 — any detectable THC or metabolite is a crime, with no affirmative defense for medical patients. Eligible cannabis records may be expunged by petition. Post-legalization arrest counts and racial disparity ratios are not asserted here: no clean primary series was confirmed for this entry.

Field Value Source
Max penalty, unlicensed cultivation Unlicensed cultivation is charged as cultivation/manufacture of marijuana under 63 O.S. § 2-509. Penalty is a felony regardless of plant count: up to 1,000 plants = 20 years to life imprisonment and a fine up to $25,000; more than 1,000 plants = 20 years to life and a fine up to $50,000. Cultivation by the owner of the land is a felony of 2 years to life and a fine up to $50,000. There is no quantity threshold below which unlicensed cultivation is a misdemeanor. [53]
Max penalty, unlicensed sale Unlicensed sale/distribution under 63 O.S. § 2-401 is a felony at any weight: less than 25 lbs = 2 years to life imprisonment and a fine up to $20,000; 25 to 1,000 lbs = 4 years to life and a fine up to $100,000; 1,000+ lbs = 4 years to life and a fine up to $500,000. [54]
Felony threshold (grams) Not available in the public record —
Felony threshold type Not available in the public record —
Penalty, possession over limit Possession of marijuana without a patient license is a misdemeanor at any quantity (post-SQ 780): first and subsequent offenses up to 1 year in county jail and a fine up to $1,000 under 63 O.S. § 2-402. Under the SQ 788 (63 O.S. § 420A) exception, a person who possesses up to 1.5 oz of marijuana and can state a medical condition, but has no license, is guilty only of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $400 and no jail. [55]
Penalty, public consumption Public consumption of smokable/vapable medical marijuana is tied to the Oklahoma Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act (63 O.S. § 1-1521 et seq.); cannabis smoking is prohibited wherever tobacco smoking is prohibited, and OMMA rules bar consumption on dispensary premises. Penalties track the public-smoking statute (citation/fine). [56]
DUI per se limit (ng) Not available in the public record —
DUI zero tolerance Yes [57]
Penalties increased post-legalization Yes [58]
Penalty direction mixed [59]
Penalty direction details Lighter for users/patients: SQ 780 (2016, effective July 1 2017) reduced simple possession of any controlled substance from a felony to a misdemeanor, and SQ 788 (2018) created patient/caregiver immunity and a $400-fine exception for unlicensed possession of up to 1.5 oz with a stated medical condition. Harsher for illicit/fraudulent commercial operators post-legalization: SB 475 (2023) made it unlawful to obtain a cannabis license through a 'straw' owner, and HB 2095 (2023) expanded AG/OBNDD/OSBI enforcement authority, authorized OMMA to seize and destroy illicit marijuana, and extended the licensing moratorium. The underlying Title 63 § 2-401/2-402/2-509 trafficking and unlicensed-grow felonies were not reduced. [60]
Post-legalization arrests (annual) Not available in the public record —
Racial disparity ratio Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [49]
Expungement automatic No [50]

Sources

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA), state of Oklahoma https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2024/state/totals/NST-EST2024-ALLDATA.csv
  2. ↑ USPS / U.S. Census Bureau standard two-letter abbreviation for Oklahoma https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html
  3. ↑ Dashboard compilation date 2026-06-07. Underlying vintages: OMMA active license counts as of June 1, 2026; OMMA SQ 788 excise and state/local sales tax history through CY2025 (plus 2026 YTD through April); U.S. Census Vintage 2024 population (July 1, 2024); Title 63 criminal penalties via NORML pin-cites; OMMA FY2024 Annual Report for the regulatory budget.
  4. ↑ [SECONDARY] State Question 788 was approved by voters June 26, 2018 and became effective ~30 days later (July 26, 2018), when the medical marijuana statute took effect. Tulsa World. Underlying primary: SQ 788 / 63 O.S. § 420 et seq https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/marijuana/medical-marijuana-has-been-legal-in-oklahoma-since-july-26-whats-happened-since-then/article_9138d60a-8801-5129-b190-2628d71caa46.html
  5. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA), Oklahoma July 1, 2024 = 4,095,393 https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2024/state/totals/NST-EST2024-ALLDATA.csv
  6. ↑ OMMA Licensing and Tax Data page — active grower licenses = 1,961 as of June 1, 2026 (license data monitored via Metrc/NCS Analytics) https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  7. ↑ CALC: 1,961 active growers / (4,095,393 / 1,000,000) = 478.83 per million.
  8. ↑ OMMA Licensing and Tax Data page — active dispensary licenses = 1,355 as of June 1, 2026 https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  9. ↑ CALC: 1,355 active dispensaries / (4,095,393 / 100,000) = 33.09 per 100K.
  10. ↑ OMMA commercial licenses — an owner may simultaneously hold grower, processor, and dispensary licenses (a separate application and fee is required for each license type); vertical integration is permitted https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/commercial-licenses.html
  11. ↑ SQ 788 imposed no license cap at launch, but HB 3208 (2022) created a moratorium on accepting/processing new grower, processor, and dispensary license applications, extended by HB 2095 (2023) through Aug 1, 2026 — a functional cap on new market entry. [SECONDARY] Gies Law Firm 2023 OK cannabis legislation summary pin-citing HB 2095; OMMA Licensing and Tax Data confirms the Aug 1, 2026 moratorium date https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  12. ↑ OMMA License Transfers — commercial license transfers are permitted (effective Nov 1, 2024 under SB 1939, 63 O.S. § 427.14(c)); $2,500 transfer application fee https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/license-transfers-and-renewal-time-frames.html
  13. ↑ OMMA commercial license rules require that at least 75% of the ownership interests of a medical marijuana business be held by Oklahoma residents https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/commercial-licenses/grower-license.html
  14. ↑ OMMA residency rules — an owner must show Oklahoma residency for either two (2) years continuously immediately preceding the application (24 months) OR five (5) years continuously of the preceding twenty-five (25) years. The shorter qualifying path is 24 months https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/commercial-licenses/dispensary-license.html
  15. ↑ OMMA Seed-to-Sale — all OMMA-licensed businesses must be fully compliant with Metrc, the statewide seed-to-sale tracking system https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/seed-to-sale.html
  16. ↑ OMMA tiered licensing — base commercial grower application fee = $2,500 (Tier 1, smallest canopy); larger canopy tiers scale up (to $50,000 for the largest indoor tier). The statutory/base fee recorded here is $2,500 https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/tiered-licensing.html
  17. ↑ OMMA tiered licensing — grower license renewal fee is set by production tier based on the prior 12 months of actual production; the base/Tier 1 fee is $2,500 https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/tiered-licensing.html
  18. ↑ OMMA — dispensary commercial license application fee floor = $2,500 https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/commercial-licenses/dispensary-license.html
  19. ↑ OMMA tiered licensing — dispensary renewal fee is 10% of the prior year's combined state sales tax + excise tax remitted, with a $2,500 minimum and a $10,000 maximum; the base/minimum is $2,500 https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/tiered-licensing.html
  20. ↑ OMMA Patient Rights and Responsibilities — licensed patients may grow cannabis at home (subject to conditions: on owned/permitted property, not visible to the public, no hydrocarbon extraction on residential property) https://oklahoma.gov/omma/patients-caregivers/patient-rights-and-responsibilities.html
  21. ↑ OMMA Patient Rights and Responsibilities — a licensed patient may possess 6 mature marijuana plants and 6 seedling plants. Recorded value (6) = mature plants per the schema https://oklahoma.gov/omma/patients-caregivers/patient-rights-and-responsibilities.html
  22. ↑ OMMA Patient Rights and Responsibilities — a licensed patient may possess up to 3 oz of marijuana on their person (and 8 oz at their residence, 1 oz concentrate, 72 oz edibles). Recorded value (3 oz) = on-person limit https://oklahoma.gov/omma/patients-caregivers/patient-rights-and-responsibilities.html
  23. ↑ [SECONDARY] Oklahoma medical marijuana rules (OSDH/OMMA Chapter 681, reported at § 310:681-5-18(c)) prohibit a state-licensed dispensary from delivering medical marijuana to patients/caregivers; dispensaries accept online orders but require in-store/curbside pickup. HUMAN-VERIFY: the exact rule subsection could not be reached via automated fetch (the OSDH Chapter 681 PDF and Justia returned 403/404); the prohibition is consistent across Oklahoma cannabis-law summaries. Underlying primary: OAC/OSDH Title 310 Chapter 681 dispensary rules https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/health/health2/docs/OSDH%20Chapter%20681%20-%20Medical%20Marijuana%20Regulations.pdf
  24. ↑ [SECONDARY] No licensed dispensary-to-patient delivery channel operates in Oklahoma; patient delivery is prohibited (Chapter 681). Business-to-business transport between licensees via licensed transporters is separate and permitted. HUMAN-VERIFY exact rule subsection (automated fetch blocked). Underlying primary: OSDH Title 310 Chapter 681 https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/health/health2/docs/OSDH%20Chapter%20681%20-%20Medical%20Marijuana%20Regulations.pdf
  25. ↑ [SECONDARY] Oklahoma has no licensed on-site consumption / social-use venue category; consumption on dispensary premises is prohibited and public smoking is barred wherever tobacco smoking is barred (Smoking in Public Places Act). Underlying primary: OMMA rules + 63 O.S. § 1-1521 et seq https://oklahoma.gov/omma/help/faqs.html
  26. ↑ [SECONDARY] No on-site consumption venue category exists in Oklahoma; operating count = 0. Underlying primary: OMMA rules https://oklahoma.gov/omma/help/faqs.html
  27. ↑ OMMA — medical marijuana, concentrates, edibles, and topicals are all authorized product forms for licensed patients (per possession-limit categories) https://oklahoma.gov/omma/patients-caregivers/patient-rights-and-responsibilities.html
  28. ↑ Okla. Admin. Code § 442:10-5-7: 'The tax on retail medical marijuana sales by a dispensary is established at seven percent (7%) of the gross dollar amount received by the dispensary.' (authorized by SQ 788) https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-442-10-5-7
  29. ↑ OAC § 442:10-5-7 — the 7% excise is levied on the gross dollar amount of the retail sale (per_price / ad valorem) https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-442-10-5-7
  30. ↑ Oklahoma levies its 4.5% state sales tax on medical marijuana in addition to the 7% excise tax. [SECONDARY] SalesTaxHandbook (Oklahoma marijuana), citing the Oklahoma Tax Commission rate. Underlying primary: 68 O.S. § 1354 / Oklahoma Tax Commission https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/oklahoma/marijuana
  31. ↑ Oklahoma levies no THC-potency-tiered tax; the cannabis tax is a flat 7% excise plus standard sales tax. OAC § 442:10-5-7 https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-442-10-5-7
  32. ↑ [SECONDARY] Tax Foundation — Oklahoma's average combined state + local sales tax rate is 8.99% against a 4.50% state rate, i.e. an average local rate of ~4.49%. This general local sales tax applies to medical marijuana https://taxfoundation.org/location/oklahoma/
  33. ↑ CALC: 7% SQ 788 excise + 4.5% state sales tax + ~4.49% average local sales tax = ~15.99% total tax a typical consumer pays. Sources: OAC § 442:10-5-7 (excise); Tax Foundation (state + avg local) https://taxfoundation.org/location/oklahoma/
  34. ↑ Oklahoma does NOT exempt medical marijuana from tax; both the 7% excise (OAC § 442:10-5-7) and the 4.5% state sales tax apply https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-442-10-5-7
  35. ↑ State-level medical cannabis tax rate = 11.5% (7% excise + 4.5% state sales tax), before variable local sales tax. OAC § 442:10-5-7; Oklahoma Tax Commission 4.5% state rate https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-442-10-5-7
  36. ↑ CALC (most recent full calendar year, CY2025): SQ 788 excise $45,300,591 + state & local sales tax $58,389,526 = $103,690,117 total cannabis tax. OMMA Licensing and Tax Data https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  37. ↑ CALC: $103,690,117 CY2025 total cannabis tax / 4,095,393 population = $25.32 per capita.
  38. ↑ The 7% SQ 788 excise rate has not changed since the program launched (OAC § 442:10-5-7 retains the original 7%) https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-442-10-5-7
  39. ↑ Oklahoma's cannabis excise rate is unchanged since legalization (no increase or decrease). OAC § 442:10-5-7 https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-442-10-5-7
  40. ↑ CALC (most recent full calendar year, CY2025): SQ 788 excise $45,300,591 / 0.07 statutory excise rate = $647,151,300 implied retail sales. Oklahoma publishes excise and sales-tax revenue but not a total-sales figure; the implied figure is derived from the 7% excise base. OMMA Licensing and Tax Data https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  41. ↑ CALC: $647,151,300 CY2025 implied retail sales / 4,095,393 population = $158.02.
  42. ↑ CALC: CY2025 SQ 788 excise $45,300,591 vs CY2024 $50,481,088 = -10.26% (implied sales move proportionally at the flat 7% rate). OMMA Licensing and Tax Data https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  43. ↑ CALC: peak active growers 9,402 (Dec 3, 2021) - current active growers 1,961 (June 1, 2026) = 7,441 grower licenses lost since peak. OMMA Licensing and Tax Data https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  44. ↑ CALC: 7,441 lost / 9,402 peak grower licenses = 79.14% attrition. OMMA Licensing and Tax Data https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  45. ↑ OMMA Licensing and Tax Data — highest grower licenses = 9,402 (Dec 3, 2021) https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  46. ↑ OMMA Licensing and Tax Data — active grower licenses = 1,961 (as of June 1, 2026) https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  47. ↑ Oklahoma's medical marijuana program (SQ 788) contains no social equity license category, preference, or program; licensing is open-entry with a residency requirement, not an equity framework https://oklahoma.gov/omma/businesses/commercial-licenses.html
  48. ↑ Oklahoma has no dedicated cannabis social-equity fund; SQ 788 directed surplus excise revenue (after OMMA costs) to education and the general revenue fund / drug and alcohol rehabilitation, not an equity fund https://oklahoma.gov/omma/about/licensing-and-tax-data.html
  49. ↑ [SECONDARY] Oklahoma provides record relief through SQ 780 (2016) reclassification and HB 1269 (2019), which made SQ 780 retroactive and extended expungement eligibility to convictions reclassified to misdemeanors. It is general drug-possession relief, not a cannabis-specific automatic program. Underlying primary: HB 1269 (2019) / 22 O.S. § 18 et seq https://okpolicy.org/hb-1269-makes-780-retroactive-but-leaves-issues-unresolved/
  50. ↑ [SECONDARY] Oklahoma expungement is petition-based, not automatic — the individual must file (often with counsel and fees) under the HB 1269 process. Oklahoma Policy Institute. Underlying primary: HB 1269 (2019) https://okpolicy.org/hb-1269-makes-780-retroactive-but-leaves-issues-unresolved/
  51. ↑ Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority FY2024 Annual Report (July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024) — 1,454 administrative cases filed https://oklahoma.gov/omma.html
  52. ↑ OMMA FY2024 Annual Report — Fiscal Year 2024 budget = $37 million (OMMA's first year as a legislatively appropriated agency; payroll $27.2M, IT $6.1M, non-IT contracts $3M, equipment $716K) https://oklahoma.gov/omma.html
  53. ↑ [SECONDARY] NORML Oklahoma penalties, pin-citing 63 O.S. § 2-509: unlicensed cultivation is a felony regardless of count — up to 1,000 plants = 20 yrs–life + up to $25,000; over 1,000 plants = 20 yrs–life + up to $50,000. Underlying primary: 63 O.S. § 2-509 https://norml.org/laws/oklahoma-penalties-2/
  54. ↑ [SECONDARY] NORML Oklahoma penalties, pin-citing 63 O.S. § 2-401: unlicensed sale/distribution is a felony at any weight — <25 lbs = 2 yrs–life + up to $20,000; 25–1,000 lbs = 4 yrs–life + up to $100,000; 1,000+ lbs = 4 yrs–life + up to $500,000. Underlying primary: 63 O.S. § 2-401 https://norml.org/laws/oklahoma-penalties-2/
  55. ↑ [SECONDARY] Oklahoma Bar Association journal (Jones, 'Criminal Regulation of Marijuana Possession in Oklahoma After SQ 788', Mar 2019): non-patient possession is a misdemeanor (63 O.S. § 2-402, up to 1 yr / $1,000) at any quantity; SQ 788 § 6 / 63 O.S. § 420A carves out a $400-fine, no-jail misdemeanor for possession of ≤1.5 oz by a person who can state a medical condition but holds no license. Underlying primary: 63 O.S. §§ 2-402, 420A; SQ 788 § 6 https://www.okbar.org/barjournal/mar2019/obj9003jones/
  56. ↑ [SECONDARY] Public smoking/vaping of medical marijuana is prohibited wherever tobacco smoking is prohibited under Oklahoma's Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act (63 O.S. § 1-1521 et seq.); OMMA rules bar on-premises consumption. Underlying primary: 63 O.S. § 1-1521 et seq https://oklahoma.gov/omma/help/faqs.html
  57. ↑ [SECONDARY] NORML Oklahoma drugged-driving summary, pin-citing 47 O.S. § 11-902: it is a crime to drive with any detectable amount of THC or its metabolites in blood/saliva/urine (zero tolerance, effective Oct 1, 2013), and lawful medical authorization is not an affirmative defense. Underlying primary: 47 O.S. § 11-902 https://norml.org/laws/drugged-driving/oklahoma-drugged-driving/
  58. ↑ [SECONDARY] Post-2018, Oklahoma enacted SB 475 (2023) making it unlawful to obtain a cannabis license through a 'straw' owner (a new offense), and HB 2095 (2023) expanding AG/OBNDD/OSBI enforcement authority (unannounced on-site inspections, subpoena power) — net new criminal/enforcement exposure for illicit commercial operators. The licensing moratorium extension (to Aug 1, 2026) is separately confirmed on the OMMA data page. Gies Law Firm 2023 OK cannabis legislation summary, pin-citing SB 475 and HB 2095 https://gieslawfirm.com/blog/2023-oklahoma-cannabis-legislation-update
  59. ↑ [SECONDARY] Mixed: lighter for users/patients (SQ 780 misdemeanor reclassification; SQ 788 patient immunity and the $400 exception) but harsher for illicit/fraudulent commercial operators (SB 475 straw-ownership offense; HB 2095 enforcement expansion). Gies Law Firm 2023 OK cannabis legislation summary https://gieslawfirm.com/blog/2023-oklahoma-cannabis-legislation-update
  60. ↑ [SECONDARY] SQ 780 (2016, eff. July 1 2017) reduced simple possession to a misdemeanor; SQ 788 (2018) added patient immunity and the 63 O.S. § 420A $400 exception. Conversely SB 475 (2023) criminalized straw/ghost ownership and HB 2095 (2023) expanded enforcement powers and extended the moratorium. Gies Law Firm; OMMA https://gieslawfirm.com/blog/2023-oklahoma-cannabis-legislation-update
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