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https://iowamedicalmarijuana.org/cases/olsen-dea-2019.html Peti­tion for Fed­er­al Exemp­tion Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 21, 2019 BEFORE THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Peti­tion by Carl Olsen­for agency action relat­ed toIowa Code Chap­ter 124E PETITION FORAGENCY ACTION The peti­tion­er asks the depart­ment to obtain fed­er­al exemp­tion for the med­ical use of cannabis as set forth in the Iowa Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act, Iowa … Peti­tion for Admin­is­tra­tive Action — Octo­ber 2019

Barr, speak­ing dis­pas­sion­ate­ly, called on con­gress to make up its mind on mar­i­jua­na.  “I think the cur­rent sit­u­a­tion is unten­able,” he said, liken­ing state legal­iza­tion to a “back­door nul­li­fi­ca­tion of fed­er­al law.”  Barr con­tin­ued: “We should either have a fed­er­al law that pro­hibits mar­i­jua­na, every­where, which I would sup­port, myself.”  How­ev­er, he added: “if we … Peti­tion for Admin­is­tra­tive Action — August 2, 2019

Iowa Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Board — August 2, 2019 Is med­ical cannabid­i­ol exempt from fed­er­al drug law? I found an arti­cle that helps to illus­trate my solu­tion (empha­sis added). Yes, States Can Nul­li­fy Some Fed­er­al Laws, Not All By Robert A. Levy This arti­cle appeared in Investor’s Busi­ness Dai­ly on March 18, 2013. In a nut­shell: … Is med­i­c­i­nal cannabis exempt from fed­er­al drug law?

I’m sure you’ve heard it said, “Laws are Like Sausages.  Bet­ter Not to See Them Being Made.” 2014 Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act Iowa Poll: 59% back legal­iz­ing med­ical mar­i­jua­na, Tony Leys, Des Moines Reg­is­ter, March 2, 2014 Sen­ate File 2360 (Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act) SF 2360 was intro­duced by Sen­a­tor Joe Bolk­com (chair of the Sen­ate Ways … Last Minute Back Door Deal­ing Dooms HF 732 (Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol)

Recent­ly, Cap­tain Mar­ti Reil­ly of the Sioux City Police Depart­ment, a sea­­soned-law offi­cer with years of expe­ri­ence inves­ti­gat­ing drug crimes said: “Mar­i­jua­na is an inter­est­ing drug, in the fact that the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment says it’s ille­gal.  Being in law enforce­ment for more than 30 years.  They always said state laws can be more restric­tive, but … Chap­ter 124E is Poor­ly Writ­ten

After months of say­ing the 3% THC cap would nev­er be lift­ed unless the Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Advi­so­ry Board rec­om­mend­ed lift­ing it, the Iowa House mys­te­ri­ous­ly decid­ed to lift the 3% cap on THC just days before the leg­isla­tive fun­nel dead­line on March 8.  House File 732 (med­ical cannabid­i­ol) was intro­duced on March 6, vot­ed out … Restric­tive Sen­ate Amend­ment to House Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Bill

House File 732 is on the Dai­ly House Debate Cal­en­dar for Tues­day, March 26, 2019. The fol­low­ing state­ment of con­sis­ten­cy with fed­er­al law is includ­ed in Sen­ate Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol bill, SF 501, on page 5 at lines 19 through 23. Please add the same lan­guage to HF 732. House File 732 1 Amend File 732 … House File 732 (Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol)

The fol­low­ing amend­ment became part of SF 501 on Tues­day, March 5, 2019, by a vote of 14 — 1 in the Iowa Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee. Please add the same lan­guage to HSB 244. House Study Bill 244 1 Amend House Study Bill 244 as fol­lows: 2 1.  Page 2, after line 18 by insert­ing: … Pro­posed Amend­ment to HSB 244

A sen­a­tor sent me a copy of a pro­posed amend­ment we would like added to SF 256 cur­rent­ly pend­ing in the Iowa Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee. We would great­ly appre­ci­ate your sup­port. Sen­ate File 256 1 Amend Sen­ate File 256 as fol­lows: 2 1.  Page 5, after line 18 by insert­ing: 3 <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  … Pro­posed Amend­ment to SF 256

On Jan­u­ary 28, a local attor­ney and I peti­tioned the DEA to grant an exemp­tion to fed­er­al reg­u­la­tions for the Iowa Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol pro­gram, Iowa Code Chap­ter 124E (2019), sim­i­lar the one grant­ed to the Native Amer­i­can Church for the reli­gious use of pey­ote.  See 21 C.F.R. § 1307.03 (2019) and 21 C.F.R. § 1307.31 … Stand­ing to Peti­tion the DEA