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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's Health Department has warned a judge that the public will be harmed if the state can't implement key rules on medical marijuana.

The agency on Tuesday listed eight potential dangers to the public if the new rules aren't enforced. Dangers include selling contaminated food and drug products.

The warning came in response to an Aug. 7 legal petition asking for an emergency injunction on more than 20 medical marijuana rules signed by Gov. Mary Fallin a day earlier. The Board of Health adopted new guidelines Aug. 1 after rules hastily adopted last month came under har...