MUSKOGEE, OK – Since the doors began opening for legalized marijuana, a number of states have joined the movement. That includes Oklahoma, which has become one of the easier places to grow or sell marijuana.
Perhaps no state has been as radically transformed by the legalization of medical marijuana as Oklahoma. With the number of growers, sellers, and users skyrocketing across the state, it’s no surprise it’s being called the Wild West of Weed.
This Bible Belt town of 37,000 is now a marijuana Mecca, with the scent drifting downwind and entrepreneurs known as “Big Papa” and “Boss Lady” riding high on the profits. Ron and BeaAnn Epperson put off retirement to run their 24-hour weed dispensary.
“For our terminal patients, we offer this for nothing. There’s a lot of people who depend on this medicine,” said Ron Epperson, owner of Big Papa’s Okie Toke.
It’s clear that many other people are counting on it, too, since voters backed medical marijuana in 2018 by a double-digit margin. One out of ten Oklahomans now carries a medical marijuana card, and no qualifying medical condition is required.
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