Carl Olsen

Public Hearing on SF79

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Committee Vote on HSB 52

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Hearing on HF 22

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To keep the audio file from load­ing every time this page loads, I moved the audio file to its own page: http://www.carl-olsen.com/hf22-january-31–2013/ Feb­ru­ary 1, 2013 85GA Bill His­to­ry for HF 22 By Hunter. A bill for an act pro­vid­ing for the cre­ation of a med­ical mar­i­jua­na Act includ­ing the cre­ation of non­prof­it dis­pen­saries, and pro­vid­ing … Hear­ing on HF 22

Hearing on HSB 52

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To keep the audio file from load­ing every time this page loads, I moved the audio file to its own page: http://www.carl-olsen.com/hsb52-january-31–2013/ Jan­u­ary 31, 2013 85GA Bill His­to­ry for HSB 52 A study bill relat­ing to the con­trolled sub­stance of mar­i­jua­na, pro­vid­ing a penal­ty, and includ­ing an effec­tive date pro­vi­sion. 1–24–13 Sub­com­mit­tee assigned, Klein, Bran­den­burg, … Hear­ing on HSB 52

Legal drug industry wants you dead — after you pay them for it

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The Iowa Gov­er­nor’s Office of Drug Con­trol Pol­i­cy is at it again, this time com­par­ing a mar­i­jua­na cig­a­rette to a keg of beer. What’s even more annoy­ing is the spokesper­son for the legal drug indus­try, Peter Komen­dows­ki, pres­i­dent of Part­ner­ship for a Drug-Free Iowa. In an arti­cle in Today’s Des Moines Reg­is­ter, Mr. Komen­dows­ki is … Legal drug indus­try wants you dead — after you pay them for it

Abolish the Office of Drug Control Policy

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Dear Edi­tor, Thank you for writ­ing the Register’s Edi­to­r­i­al today, “Right pick for ‘drug czar’?  That’s the wrong ques­tion.” The Office of Drug Con­trol Pol­i­cy (ODCP) is a state agency with no pub­lic over­sight.  It has no admin­is­tra­tive process, so you can­not peti­tion the agency for an admin­is­tra­tive hear­ing.  The Office of Cit­i­zens’ Aide/Ombudsman has … Abol­ish the Office of Drug Con­trol Pol­i­cy

Long Silence and Unpublished Article

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Par­don the long silence.  I’ve been busy work­ing on my state and fed­er­al appeals.  The state case is fin­ished and I’m wait­ing for the Iowa Supreme Court rul­ing. My final brief in the fed­er­al appeal is due next week and I’m work­ing on it now.  Back in Feb­ru­ary, the Polk Coun­ty Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty asked me … Long Silence and Unpub­lished Arti­cle