New rules could be coming soon to a booming industry in Oklahoma.Since being legalized last summer and taking applications in August, the Medical Marijuana Authority has already approved more than 55,000 patient licences. On Friday, the Oklahoma House voted 93-5 in favor of what's being called the Unity Bill, which would be a set of rules for medical marijuana in Oklahoma.Lawmakers said it's a more complex and mature version of State Question 788, which Oklahomans voted into law in June."This is one of those bills where the politicians aren't necessarily happy the business owners aren't necessarily happy, which means it's a win-win on both sides, a good middle-ground approach to all this," said Corbin Wyatt, CEO of The Peak Dispensary in Edmond.Wyatt said the Unity Bill has been on his radar since SQ 788 passed. He also said putting regulations on the medical cannabis industry is necessary."This is something that's definitely needed to make sure businesses are operating appropriately," Wyatt said. "There's elements that everybody needed, and there's elements that make it a little bit more difficult than it is now to run a business. But, it makes us more responsible to the patients at the end of the day."The Unity Bill would set up guidelines for inspections, inventory, advertising, packaging and labeling."You want to make sure that our growers are growing to the specs they say they are, processors are operating in clean facilities and our dispensaries are upholding the sanitization and inventory management standards they need to," Wyatt said.The bill also reiterates patients can buy and possess firearms if they have a medical marijuana license.The Senate Rules Committee will meet Tuesday to review the Unity Bill. If approved, it will head to the Senate floor for a vote.

New rules could be coming soon to a booming industry in Oklahoma.

Since being legalized last summer and taking applications in August, the Medical Marijuana Authority has already approved more than 55,000 patient licences. On Friday, the Oklahoma House voted 93-5 in favor of what's being called the Unity Bill, which would be a set of rules for medical marijuana in Oklahoma.


Lawmakers said it's a more complex and mature version of State Question 788, which Oklahomans voted into law in June.

"This is one of those bills where the politicians aren't necessarily happy the business owners aren't necessarily happy, which means it's a win-win on both sides, a good middle-ground approach to all this," said Corbin Wyatt, CEO of The Peak Dispensary in Edmond.

Wyatt said the Unity Bill has been on his radar since SQ 788 passed. He also said putting regulations on the medical cannabis industry is necessary.

"This is something that's definitely needed to make sure businesses are operating appropriately," Wyatt said. "There's elements that everybody needed, and there's elements that make it a little bit more difficult than it is now to run a business. But, it makes us more responsible to the patients at the end of the day."

The Unity Bill would set up guidelines for inspections, inventory, advertising, packaging and labeling.

"You want to make sure that our growers are growing to the specs they say they are, processors are operating in clean facilities and our dispensaries are upholding the sanitization and inventory management standards they need to," Wyatt said.

The bill also reiterates patients can buy and possess firearms if they have a medical marijuana license.

The Senate Rules Committee will meet Tuesday to review the Unity Bill. If approved, it will head to the Senate floor for a vote.