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Don't miss the new Next Steps and Beginning Inventory guides to help you get started using the Metrc statewide seed-to-sale tracking system. All licensees must be fully compliant with Metrc by May 26.
The guides to help you get started and all the other latest information about Metrc are on our website's seed-to-sale page. Keep checking your email and that page for updates on Metrc as we approach the May 26 deadline.
Reddit AMA on Policy (Friday, April 29)
Our next Reddit AMA ("Ask Me Anything") on r/OKmarijuana is noon to 1 p.m. Friday, April 29, with our Policy team. Redditors can ask the team questions on topics like how OMMA works with legislators, the rulemaking process and more. OMMA's first-ever AMA was in March with the Compliance Department -- read it here.
Metrc Seminars (Tuesday, May 3 to Friday, May 6)
OMMA and Metrc are hosting five free educational seminars from Tuesday, May 3, through Friday, May 6, that you can watch online or attend in person in downtown Oklahoma City. Registration is limited by capacity for in-person or online attendance, but recordings will be available for anyone who can't attend. The seminars will be based on license types: growers, dispensaries, processors, transporters and waste facilities. There will be another seminar later for laboratories. More information on seminars' schedule, location and registration will be available in future emails from OMMA, on our seed-to-sale webpage, and on Facebook and Twitter. Find more information on required and optional Metrc training here.
Monthly Reporting
The current monthly reporting process will continue through at least May 31, even as businesses transition to full Metrc compliance.
All commercial licensees must continue all monthly reporting using the OMMA Monthly Reporting Template for activity through May 31. The last template with activity through May 31 is due June 15. Dispensaries, transporters and waste disposal facilities must continue using the template for any untagged sales, transports and waste disposal through Aug. 24.
Metrc will meet the monthly reporting requirements and the template is no longer necessary for all tagged sales, transports and waste disposal after May 31.
Visit the Monthly Reporting section of our seed-to-sale page for details and updates.
License Surrenders
The process for voluntarily surrendering a commercial or patient license is now entirely online. Any licensee who wants to surrender their license can log in to our licensing portal and navigate the menu options to finalize the process -- the details are here on our website. Once OMMA cancels the license, you can visit OMMA Verify to confirm that it's no longer valid.
FFI Attestation
The FFI Attestation form is no longer available on OMMA commercial license applications. Complete the FFI Attestation form electronically on the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBNDD) website.
If you have questions, please call the OMMA Call Center at 405-522-OMMA (405-522-6662).
The Oklahoma Legislature's annual session enters its final month in May. You can keep track of medical marijuana-related legislation on our website's Legislative Updates page.
Bills on the page are grouped by topic. Each bill has a short description, plus a status that OMMA updates at least once a week. Click the hyperlink for each bill to see the up-to-date status, supporting documents and more.
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Submitting a sample to a lab for compliance testing? The batch ID is required. A batch is a unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier assigned before any testing to allow for inventory tracking and traceability.
If a batch fails lab testing, you're required to report it to OMMALabs@ok.gov and provide a copy of the failing certificate of analysis (COA) in the email.
Get an overview of testing on our Testing Information Chart.
As of right now, the first $65 million collected in SQ 788 taxes for the year gets split between the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund (59.23%), OMMA (34.62%) and the Health Department (6.15%). Any SQ 788 tax collected in excess of $65 million for the year goes to the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. The apportionment was laid out in SB 229.
This means OMMA may receive up to around $22.5 million from SQ 788 tax revenue each year. OMMA's total revenue also includes licensing fees. OMMA's revenue funds our operations, materials, contracts, equipment and salaries.
As the graph below indicates, OMMA's authorized revenue is typically more than the authorized budget. Of the $90 million in OMMA revenue the Legislature has appropriated to state programs since FY 2020, $67.5 million has gone to common education.
Sales tax revenue for dispensary retail sales goes to those local/state governments.
Check out our High Points episode with more details on OMMA's revenue and budget here on YouTube.
 When Oklahomans voted on SQ 788, they were also voting to put the revenue generated from sales toward mental health and substance abuse support programs—initiatives that would help their fellow Oklahomans.
We're proud to announce a partnership with the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) to fund statewide evidence-based substance abuse interventions. The Functional Family Therapy (FFT) program helps children with substance abuse or disuse issues get treatment at home.
OMMA Executive Director Adria Berry and OJA Executive Director Rachel Holt recently met to discuss what the $2 million allocation will mean for families across the state. Watch and listen to their conversation here. This is just one of the programs revenue from the excise tax is helping to fund. Read more here.
CONTACT US
OMMA Call Center: 405-522-6662
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Commercial Licensee Inboxes:
OMMAAudit@ok.gov
OMMACompliance@ok.gov
OMMADispensary@ok.gov
OMMAGrower@ok.gov
OMMALabs@ok.gov
OMMAProcessor@ok.gov
OMMATransporter@ok.gov
OMMAWaste@ok.gov
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