Oklahoma medical marijuana licenses plunge; how one dispensary copes – Oklahoman.com

Has legal pot peaked in “Tokelahoma”? It looks like it.

Between the glut of medical marijuana causing prices to plummet and operations to close, increased laws and rules enforcement, and a moratorium on new state licenses, all numbers are down.

“Now that we’re over a year into the moratorium on new commercial licenses, we’re seeing a drop in many of our license numbers,” said Porsha Riley, public relations manager for the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. “Other reasons for the drop in licensing numbers can be attributed to our increased enforcement and compliance efforts, administrative actions, a more rigorous licensing process and license surrenders.