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Ear­li­er this year, Iowa legal­ized the cul­ti­va­tion of mar­i­jua­na for med­ical use, by a vote of 83–11 in the Iowa House and by a vote of 33–7 in the Iowa Sen­ate.  The bill was signed into law by our gov­er­nor on May 12, 2017 Chap­ter 162 (H.F. 524). On Decem­ber 18, 2017, I wrote U.S. … Chuck Grass­ley — a day late and a dol­lar short

On Mon­day, Decem­ber 11, 2017, I spoke with Con­gress­man Young about H.R.2920 (CARERS Act of 2017).  Con­gress­man Young is a co-spon­­sor of H.R.2920, and he was a co-spon­­sor of H.R.1538 (CARERS Act of 2015). Both the 2015 and 2017 ver­sions of the CARERS Act: rec­og­nize an exemp­tion from fed­er­al sched­ul­ing for state med­ical mar­i­jua­na pro­grams; … Con­ver­sa­tion with David Young on H.R.2920

State law must address fed­er­al sched­ul­ing because of the phrase used in the fed­er­al statute as a pre-con­di­­tion for place­ment in sched­ule 1 “cur­rent­ly accept­ed med­ical use in treat­ment in the Unit­ed States.” The phrase “cur­rent­ly accept­ed med­ical use” is not defined in the fed­er­al statute. Alliance for Cannabis Ther­a­peu­tics v. DEA, 930 F.2d 936, … Iowa Code Chap­ter 124E Exempt from Fed­er­al Sched­ules

Com­ments on Pro­posed Amend­ments to 641 Iowa Admin­is­tra­tive Code 154 Rules 641—154.15(124E) to 641—154.65(124E) Sep­tem­ber 15, 2017 The Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act, 2017 Iowa Acts 451, Chap­ter 162 (H.F. 524), was signed into law on May 12, 2017, by Gov­er­nor Ter­ry E. Branstad. Sec­tion 9(1) of the Act, Iowa Code § 124E.5(1) (2017), autho­rizes the Iowa … Com­ments on Pro­posed Rules

Com­ments on Pro­posed Amend­ments to 641 Iowa Admin­is­tra­tive Code 154 “Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act Reg­is­tra­tion Card Pro­gram” July 25, 2017 The Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act, 2017 Iowa Acts 451, Chap­ter 162 (H.F. 524), was signed into law on May 12, 2017, by Gov­er­nor Ter­ry E. Branstad. Sec­tion 7(1) of the Act, Iowa Code § 124E.4(1) (2017), autho­rizes … Com­ments on Pro­posed Rules

July 2, 2017 Jarad Klein Keo­ta, Iowa Dear Rep. Klein, Thank you for your work in expand­ing the Iowa Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act in 2017.  While Iowans for Med­ical Mar­i­jua­na (Iowa Busi­ness No. 334412) is con­cerned the pro­gram does not go far enough, pro­duc­tion of CBD in Iowa is a huge step for­ward. As you men­tion … Over­look­ing the Med­ical Boards

Iowans for Med­ical Mar­i­jua­na The Iowa Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act of 2017 (and the ele­phant in the room we don’t want to talk about) June 26, 2017 On April 22, 2017, the Iowa leg­is­la­ture passed the Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act, H.F. 524.  The Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act of 2017 was signed into law on May 12, 2017, by … The Ele­phant We Don’t Talk About

This leg­isla­tive ses­sion began with four pro­pos­als for med­ical cannabis pro­grams, two in the Iowa Sen­ate, one by Democ­rats (S.F. 205) and one by Repub­li­cans (S.S.B. 1176 / S.F. 506), and two in the Iowa House, one by Democ­rats (H.F. 198 / H.F. 199) and one by Repub­li­cans (H.S.B. 132), and two pro­pos­als to extend … Med­ical Cannabis and the 2017 Iowa Leg­isla­tive Ses­sion

A vari­ety of med­ical cannabis bills have been filed in the Iowa leg­is­la­ture this year. One, HSB 132, has actu­al­ly passed in a Repub­li­can con­trolled sub­com­mit­tee. The end of this week, Fri­day, March 3, 2017, is the fun­nel date when bills have to be passed by a full com­mit­tee to remain eli­gi­ble for fur­ther debate. … March 3 is the leg­isla­tive fun­nel date