Health Department asks judge not to block implementation of new pot rules

NORMAN — The state Health Department warned a judge Tuesday that the public will be harmed if it is blocked from implementing key rules on medical marijuana.

In a legal brief, the agency listed eight potential dangers to the public interest if the rules aren't enforced.

Those dangers included the sale of "food and drug products that are diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid or decomposed," according to the brief.

The Health Department made the warning in response to a legal petition challenging 21 medical pot rules.