Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow was unsuccessfully raided by police several times. Unpackaged cannabis, bought from wholesalers including drug lord Klaas Bruinsma, was hidden behind secret doors and shutters. In 1975, the concept was adopted by a shop named Russia situated on the same street as Mellow Yellow and was followed by another coffee shop called The Bulldog. Now there are 223 such coffee shops in Amsterdam. Bruining also runs Stichting Mediwiet (Medi Cannabis Foundation), a group that supports the legalization of growing marijuana for medicinal uses. The shop was closed at the strike of the New Year in 2017, due to new
Cannabis in Oklahoma on October 26, 2018 and additionally lowered the maximum fine for possession of marijuana paraphernalia to $50. In 2018 Hempyre Genetics was hired to research strains of feral cannabis growing at undisclosed locations in Oklahoma, in order to advise legal hemp farmers as to what genetic traits were thriving in the state. Cannabis in Oklahoma Cannabis in Oklahoma is now legal for medicinal purposes with a license, and with cited medicinal reasons only. In April, 2015, The Governor signed HB 2154 allowing the Sale of CBD oil with less than .3% THC. Three years later, on June 26, 2018, Oklahoma