How Oklahoma smoked California as the marijuana boom state

It’s not even legalised in the conservative state, but it now boasts more retail cannabis stores than Colorado, Oregon and Washington combined.

Simon Romero

Jan 7, 2022 – 3.29pm

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Across Oklahoma, a staunchly conservative state with a history of drawing people in search of wealth from the land, a new kind of crop is taking over old chicken coops, trailer parks and fields where cattle used to graze.

Next door to a Pentecostal church in the tiny town of Keota, the smell of marijuana drifts through the air at the G & C Dispensary. Strains with names like OG Kush and Maui Waui go for $US3 a gram, about a quarter of the price in other states.