OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Law enforcement officials say arrests for marijuana possession in the Oklahoma Panhandle have risen sharply since Colorado legalized the drug in 2014.
Mark Woodward, spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control, said Colorado’s market is still young, and he expects to see the numbers rise as people interested in illegally distributing marijuana to other states continue to make inroads with drug traffickers.
“You tend to see 200 pounds in duffel bags going to the East Coast from California because they have a black market,” he said. “Those connections in Colorado are still being established.”
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