TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The shelves at Preme Cannabis Business never have the choice they employed to.
It really is not that James Walker, owner of Preme Cannabis Co., hasn’t wanted to obtain the solution, it really is that he hasn’t been permitted to given that January.
“Some thing has to be accomplished. I imply, we cannot maintain the doors open like this,” Walker mentioned.
He has been in the health-related marijuana company for 3 years.
Walker mentioned till not too long ago, persons could apply to renew their license just before it expired and could maintain acquiring the solution although the Oklahoma Health-related Marijuana Authority did the paperwork for the new license, a course of action that can take months.
Now, that course of action has changed.
“Metrc does not permit the dispensaries or the growers to sell unless their license is active,” Walker mentioned.
Metrc is a firm contracted by the state to maintain track of transactions in the marijuana market for the OMMA.
“So it is OMMA’s concern with the license, and then Metrc just cutting persons of willy nilly when they opt for to, so there’s not, there’s no communication among OMMA and Metrc on how they will need to deal with these circumstances,” mentioned lawyer Ronald Durbin II.
Lawyer Durbin is familiar with the market.
“The challenge is, let’s say you have a renewal that is due appropriate now and I submit the renewal. Properly, the minute that my license time expires, let’s say it expires in ten days, I’m nonetheless fantastic lead to 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 program and stops you from getting capable to use the program,” Durbin mentioned.
For Walker, this adjust has triggered far more strain for him.
News Channel eight requested an interview with the OMMA.
“We’re unable to fulfill your interview request with regards to this inquiry….OMMA is conscious that some license holders may perhaps be experiencing troubles,” mentioned OMMA in response.
Tulsa City Councilor Grant Miller has a license for industrial developing and weighed in on the concern.
“What we will need to do is organize and head down to the capitol. I’m in touch with a lot of cannabis enterprises in town, they all have challenges with it. From the troubles you are speaking about, getting locked out of the program, to even just very simple normal operating procedures like how to make a sample for the labs so that we can go get testing. If you never 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 revenue, and this is what I get,” he mentioned.
If your health-related marijuana company is dealing with a comparable scenario, let me know by emailing bmummolo@ktul.com.