Urbandale Legislative Forum

I attend­ed the leg­isla­tive forum on Sat­ur­day, Jan­u­ary 31, 2015, at the Urban­dale Cham­ber of Com­merce. The event was well-attend­ed and two med­ical cannabis advo­cates spoke out at the forum, Con­nie Nor­gart and Craig Miller, ask­ing for pro­duc­tion of cannabis in Iowa and expand­ing the list of con­di­tions for which it can be used. State Sen­a­tor Brad Zaun said he had vot­ed for the Cannbid­i­ol Act in 2014. State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive John Forbes said State Sen­a­tor Joe Bolk­com would be intro­duc­ing a bill the week of Feb­ru­ary 1, 2015, in the Iowa Leg­is­la­ture to pro­duce cannabis here in Iowa and to expand the list of con­di­tions for which it can be used. Rep. Forbes said he had been talk­ing with Unit­ed States Sen­a­tor Charles Grass­ley about chang­ing the fed­er­al sched­ul­ing of cannabis.