House File 990

I am writing in support of House File 990, expanding access to cannabis for medical use, but not on the condition it puts Iowans into a needless conflict with federal drug law.

Please stop authorizing violation of federal drug law.  Cannabis is a federal schedule 1 controlled substance with no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.  Iowa cannot authorize it without a federal waiver.

Peyote is a federal schedule 1 controlled substance that has a federal waiver for religious use.  21 C.F.R. § 1307.31.

The exception for religious use of peyote is authorized by 21 U.S.C. § 822(d) which allows the Attorney General to waive registration requirements if “consistent with the public health and safety.”

Churches do not have greater rights than sovereign states.  Iowa legislators are not standing up for the citizens.  The citizens of Iowa expect their legisalators to protect their federal rights, not just give them away.

Thank you for listening, if you are.