OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Final month, KFOR reported a couple of class motion lawsuit filed towards the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority hoping to cease the state from implementing a seed-to-sale monitoring program from an organization referred to as Metrc.
A choose granted a brief restraining order. Now Metrc is attempting to intervene.
The corporate filed a movement to intervene within the case and to vacate the short-term restraining order.
A listening to is ready for June 1.
“We intervened to defend ourselves,” David Urbanowicz, director of exterior affairs at Metrc, mentioned.
The legal professional representing 10,000 hashish companies throughout the state says the transfer wasn’t crucial.
“We do not consider Metrc has any curiosity on this case, our place and our case is about the truth that the state company, the Oklahoma Division of Well being and OMMA has didn’t do its job in adopting laws,” Ronald Durbin with Viridian Authorized Providers mentioned.
“Metrc is definitely named within the lawsuit however apparently we’re not truly celebration to the lawsuit, and this clearly impacts our firm and our staff and most significantly our work with Oklahoma,” Urbanowicz mentioned.
Durbin argues Metrc would create a monopoly and lots of dispensaries already do their very own seed-to-sale monitoring, which implies a plant is tracked from the time it is grown to the time it will get to the buyer.
Metrc says they aren’t a monopoly and their system would make it simpler for regulators.
“The entire thought behind Metrc is definitely to make issues extra environment friendly,” Urbanowicz mentioned.
Durbin says utilizing Metrc will not repair unlawful actions within the trade, and that businesses must do extra inspections, which he says the passage of SB 1033 will assist with.
“It opens the door for permitting the OMMA to enter into memorandums of understanding with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics for harmful medication to assist facilitate enforcement,” he mentioned.
For now, the implementation of Metrc is on maintain.
“Metrc complains in regards to the short-term restraining order, and so they attempt to vilify the plaintiffs, the state agreed to the short-term restraining order, the state didn’t must conform to it,” Durbin mentioned.
“We’re very assured that we’ll be granted our movement and we’ll be allowed to intervene after which comes the following step after that, which might be our request to vacate,” Urbanowicz mentioned.
The OMMA says they do not touch upon pending lawsuits.
June 1 is when there might be a listening to on if Metrc can intervene.
On June 29, there might be a listening to to resolve what’s going to occur to the short-term restraining order.
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