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Oklahoma has raked in more than $2 million in state, local sales tax for medical marijuana

Carlos Osorio/AP

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, a clerk reaches for a container of marijuana buds for a customer at Utopia Gardens, a medical marijuana dispensary, in Detroit. Backers of legalizing marijuana in North Dakota have high hopes voters will approve the drug just two years after they said yes to medicinal use. But they may be in for a bummer, since deep-pocketed outside groups so far haven't put a dime into the measure, suggesting they don't see it as a good bet. Meanwhile, opposition groups have spent heavily to publicize their concerns that approval would mean big societal problems. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio File)

Posted at 1:24 PM, Mar 15, 2019

and last updated 2019-03-15 14:33:05-04

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Question 788 has been in effect since last summer, and the state is continuing to see the financial benefits.

The Oklahoma Tax Commission says the state has received more than $2 million in state and local sales tax for medical marijuana since November.

The commission also says that marijuana sales eclipsed $7 million in February.

On Thursday, Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the "Unity Bill," which will regulate the medical marijuana industry.

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