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klahoma’s new cannabis market includes a fascinating behind-the-scenes group known as Processors. Processors manage the laboratory science of machinery processing cannabis into derivatives. More commonly known as extraction, there are several methods which produce many unusual forms of medication available to patients. You might be familiar with alternative products such as vapes, crumble, shatter, edibles, tinctures, wax, and oil. The edibles market alone includes basic chewable gummies and spans to iced coffee. While looking for my first Processor to 14
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interview in Oklahoma, I came upon a local company with experience. How can this be? Experience in a new market? With State Question 788 passing only a few months prior, I never expected to find an experienced Processor to interview in Oklahoma. Not so! This company is the well-planned offspring of Flagship Vapor Co. located in Oklahoma City. They have a presence in the nicotine vapor market with sales nationwide. In short, they had a big head start and didn’t waste a minute launching a new cannabis division called Simple Cure. Simple Cure has three products in the market as of this writing. The first are
two vape cartridges that derive from whole-plant natural methods. Simple Cure starts with supercritical Co2 extraction (terpenes only) and then, taking the extra time and attention of several subcritical fractions produces full spectrum oils. Using an abundance of care, they properly homogenize the exacted terpenes back into the original oil. The natural benefits of cannabis are often lost or cast aside by companies looking for high THC content. Additives for thinning or flow agents won’t find a home here. Purity is paramount at Simple Cure, and these same standards include infusing the company’s delicious edible gummies.
