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I have filed four petitions for marijuana rescheduling with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy (2008, 2012, 2013, and 2014), two without any scientific or medical evidence (2008 and 2014), and … An explanation of marijuana’s scheduling is essential

Wednesday, August 27, 2014, approximately 9:39 a.m. Board members present: Susan Frey (temporary chair, licensed pharmacist), LaDonna Gratias (public member), Edward Maier (chair, licensed pharmacist), Edward McKenna (licensed pharmacist), Sharon … Pharmacy board hearing on August 27, 2014

The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) State Platform Committee met again on Saturday, March 17, to finish our work on the IDP State Platform Committee report to the IDP State Convention … Another awful state platform committee meeting

After successfully chairing my congressional district platform committee this year, I joined up with the Iowa Democratic Party state platform committee again. This is my eighth cycle in a 16-year … Another difficult year on the state platform committee

While Governor Branstad lies about the official position of his administration, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, the administrative agency given the task of formulating the official policy of the Branstad … The Official Position of the Branstad Administration

Governor Branstad said he’s opposed to a medical marijuana program like California’s, while ignoring the fact that the Iowa Department of Public Health has recommended a program like New Mexico’s … Governor Branstad’s Straw Man

In anticipation of the pharmacy board hearing coming up this Wednesday morning, March 12, and part 2 of Sanja Gupta’s CNN Documentary, “Weed 2: Cannabis Madness“, on Tuesday evening, March … Interview with Dr. Hertko

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy’s Rules Committee met today to consider making rules for the medical use of cannabis. Here are the audio recordings I made of that meeting: