Carl Olsen

On Thurs­day, Sep­tem­ber 20, the Iowa Board of Phar­ma­cy moved to dis­miss my peti­tion for the Reli­gious use of med­ical cannabid­i­ol, in Olsen v. Board of Phar­ma­cy, No. CVCV056841 (Iowa Dis­trict Court, Polk Coun­ty).  The Board says the peti­tion should have been filed with the Iowa Leg­is­la­ture instead of the Board. The prob­lem with the … Board Moves to Dis­miss Reli­gious Claim for Cannabid­i­ol

The Reli­gious Free­dom Restora­tion Act (RFRA) was enact­ed in 1993 to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court rul­ing in Employ­ment Divi­sion v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990).  In the Smith case, the court ruled that reli­gious free­dom alone was not guar­an­teed by the U.S. Con­sti­tu­tion with­out an addi­tion­al con­sti­tu­tion­al claim, such as equal pro­tec­tion.  The court … What is the Reli­gious Free­dom Restora­tion Act?