The application cost for those using subsidized health insurance is $20, while other patients are charged $100 to apply for a license. Business applications cost $2,500 to submit, and those people must also pay the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics a separate fee depending on the type of business they seek to operate.

OMMA Communications Director Melissa Miller provided documentation to the Tulsa World showing the number of licensed patients in Oklahoma this week is more than 20 percent higher than it was the week of March 18.

Miller said about 150 business license requests are submitted each week on average in recent weeks. Rollins said five OMMA employees specialize in reviewing those types of applications.

“I have heard the analogy that there are more dispensaries (in Oklahoma) than McDonald’s,” she said, referencing high business license numbers. “There’s definitely going to be a supply-and-demand issue at a certain point. It will be interesting to see how the market plays out and who can grab ahold of the market.”