My Amendment to SF 484

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Sick People's March

Sick People’s March – April 7, 2015 – Des Moines, Iowa – in support of SF 484

On April 7, 2015, I met with Iowa senators Jack Whitver and Charles Schneider to discus protecting Iowa cannabis patients from the unlawful classification of cannabis under the federal Controlled Substances Act.

Senator Whitver gave me the following amendment he had created for me by the Legislative Services Agency:

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Senate File 484
Amend Senate File 484 as follows:
1. Page 17, after line 11 by inserting:
<Sec. ___. NOTIFICATION. The office of attorney
general in this state shall notify the attorney
general of the United States requesting that the United
States department of justice recognize this state’s
right to determine the medical use of controlled
substances, by reclassifying marijuana as a schedule 2
controlled substance instead of a schedule 1 controlled
substance.>
2. Title page, line 1, by striking and
Inserting <relating to>
3. By renumbering as necessary.