Oklahoma law enforcement plans to tell Congress on Thursday that “foreign nationals,” most of them from China, have “infiltrated” the state’s once high-flying, now struggling legal medical marijuana industry.
That’s the testimony the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) is preparing for a Homeland Security subcommittee, according to Tulsa-based ABC affiliate KTUL.
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After an explosive start following MMJ legalization in 2019, Oklahoma’s cannabis industry has been in freefall.
After peaking at 14,000 licensed businesses in 2021, there are now about 5,000 MMJ operators in the state, Politico reported.
Of those, only about 2,000 are cultivators, OBN officials told KTUL.
Violent crimes and fraud connected to Oklahoma marijuana
Many “foreign nationals” have used “fraud and straw ownership” to dodge state law requiring licensed operators to
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