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State med­ical mar­i­jua­na laws and fed­er­al sched­ul­ing

Committee Vote 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-february‑5–2013/

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

Formal Complaint against Office of Drug Control Policy

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Carl Olsen Jan­u­ary 22, 2012 Cit­i­zens’ Aide/Ombudsman Ola Bab­cock Miller Build­ing 1112 East Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa  50319–0231 Phone: 515–281‑3592 Fax: 515–242‑6007 Dear Cit­i­zens’ Aide/Ombudsman, This is a for­mal com­plaint about the Office of Drug Con­trol Pol­i­cy (ODCP) which is estab­lished by Iowa Code Chap­ter 80E.  http://www.iowa.gov/odcp/ On Decem­ber 27, 2011, ODCP pre-filed a … For­mal Com­plaint against Office of Drug Con­trol Pol­i­cy

Carl Olsen’s Letter to the Colorado Department of Revenue

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Carl Olsen Jan­u­ary 15, 2012 Bar­bara J. Brohl Col­orado Depart­ment of Rev­enue State Capi­tol Annex 1375 Sher­man Street, Room 409 Den­ver, Col­orado 80261 Dear Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Brohl, On Novem­ber 7, 2000, the Peo­ple of Col­orado amend­ed the Col­orado Con­sti­tu­tion by adding Arti­cle XVIII, Sec­tion 14, Med­ical use of mar­i­jua­na for per­sons suf­fer­ing from debil­i­tat­ing med­ical … Carl Olsen’s Let­ter to the Col­orado Depart­ment of Rev­enue

Carl Olsen’s Letter to Governor Jan Brewer

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Carl Olsen Jan­u­ary 14, 2012 Jan­ice K. Brew­er Gov­er­nor of Ari­zona 1700 West Wash­ing­ton Street Phoenix, Ari­zona 85007 Dear Gov­er­nor Brew­er, On June 3, 2011, I tried to inter­vene in your case against the Unit­ed States, Ari­zona v. Unit­ed States, No. 11-cv-01072-PHX-SRB (Dock­et No. 6)[1], argu­ing that the prop­er course for Ari­zona to pro­tect its … Carl Olsen’s Let­ter to Gov­er­nor Jan Brew­er