Marijuana dispensary opens on Lindsey: owners hope to promote educational, friendly environment around cannabis

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Nick and Tiffany Duty kept an eye on the rising popularity of medical cannabis in Colorado and California, rolling toward Oklahoma like a funnel of smoke. The couple saw it as an opportunity to start something new.

“We saw things kind of blowing up here with new trends,” Nick said.

As of January 2020, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority approved 235,786 individual patient licenses, according to a tweet from the organization. This means that almost 6 percent of the state's population are medical cannabis patients. The tweet also stated the organization has already approved 2,242 dispensary licenses.

In August 2019, when licensed marijuana users made up 4.1 percent of the state's population, Oklahoma was the fastest-growing market for medical marijuana in the average number of daily patient increases, according to Marijuana Business Daily's website.

Low application requirements and the absence of a list of qualifying conditions bolster the number of medical cannabis patients in Oklahoma, according to the report.

The Dutys, both 37, moved to Norman from Texas about eight years ago. They also run a racing strip near Noble, but they wanted to branch out, Nick said.

That’s how Pharmhouse Cannabis Co. originated.

Thunder Valley Raceway Park, which Nick's family has owned for around 50 years, operates March through November and attracts several thousand visitors a year, Nick said. He met Tiffany there, too.

Now, they are running the dispensary and the race track together.

An inviting experience

Nick and Tiffany said they aimed to make their Pharmhouse stand out from gas stations and questionable, dark-corner types of dispensaries.

“Well, you might have to go pick up my stuff, too,” Tiffany said when Nick got his medical marijuana card in February 2019. “I don’t want to go to those places.”

Both Nick and Tiffany received their medical cards for anxiety and sleep disorder treatment.

For Nick, it was a good enough catalyst.

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