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Welcome back to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin.

Our next story takes us somewhere that doesn't usually get a lot of attention here on the PDB, and that would be the U.S.

state of Oklahoma, specifically rural Oklahoma.

But then the story quickly leads thousands of miles away to New York City and ultimately to China.

A New York Times investigation reveals how Oklahoma's booming marijuana industry has become a magnet for organized out-of-state and in some cases international networks, exploiting loose regulations, immigrant labor, and gaps in enforcement.

Now, Oklahoma legalized medical marijuana with some of the most permissive rules in the country.

Licenses were cheap, limits on farm size were minimal, and oversight was thin.