I attended the legislative forum on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at the Urbandale Chamber of Commerce. The event was well-attended and two medical cannabis advocates spoke out at the forum, Connie Norgart and Craig Miller, asking for production of cannabis in Iowa and expanding the list of conditions for which it can be used. State … Urbandale Legislative Forum
People are always asking me what my plan is, so I’m going to try to explain. I made my plan in 2006, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006). In Gonzales v. Oregon, the U.S. Supreme Court found that states make most of the medical decision under … My Plan
On Friday, a panel at the Brookings Institute took on the issue of international drug law. http://www.brookings.edu/events/2014/10/17-international-impacts-legal-marijuana As you could have easily predicted, the analysis was shallow. Why would we even be talking about this if anyone understood it? What the panelists did do well was to explain the role and the history of the … Scholars do not understand federalism
Medical marijuana has finally made its legal entrance into Iowa’s culture with the legalization of cannabis oil on July 1, 2014 (Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Act of 2014). In response, a new business venture here in Iowa has shown an interest in supplying this product, iCann: Reasonable Cannabis Solutions in Urbandale, Iowa. I talked briefly with … Cannabis Oil in Iowa
In 2006, when the case of Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006), was decided, it became clear to me that states are still the decision makers on accepted medical use of controlled substances. We have 50 states with 50 drug laws, which would be totally unnecessary if federal drug law overruled them all. So, … How we got here and where we should go from here
The Des Moines Register carried a blog article about the court ruling against me in my lawsuit against the Iowa Board of Pharmacy. The article was fairly accurate. The only real error in the article, and it runs consistently throughout the history of this entire project started in 2006, is that everyone keeps paraphrasing the … Judge rules against medical marijuana activist in lawsuit against pharmacy board
Smart Approaches to Marijuana was here today and I got into a little argument with Kevin Sabet near the end of the presentation. Here’s the audio. Audio from November 14, 2013, Kevin Sabet Your browser does not support the audio element Dr. Christian Thurstone, M.D. from Colorado spoke first. He said the marijuana industry exploded … Smart Approaches to Marijuana — November 14, 2013
On June 17, 2013, seven Democrats from the state of Washington’s Congressional Delegation wrote a letter to the chief law enforcement officer in the United States asking him not to enforce federal law. You can read that letter here: Washington-Congressional-Delegation-to-Eric-Holder-June-2013.pdf. Federal officials swear an oath when they take office to uphold the laws and the … Washington Congressional Delegation to Eric Holder — Please violate federal law with us
The U.S. Attorney in Oakland, CA, responded to NORML’s law suit Tuesday (you know, the one three federal judges have already shredded): http://www.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/States/pdfs/ca_11cv05349_039.pdf The most annoying thing about it is that she attacks me and I have no way of defending myself. On page 16, she cites Olsen v. Holder, 610 F. Supp. 2d 985 … U.S. Attorney in Oakland, CA cites my case
You must be logged in to post a comment.