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Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Board Meet­ing, Fri­day, May 12, 2023 Amend­ed Agen­da, Vir­tu­al Meet­ing, May 12, 2023 Sep­tem­ber 10, 2017: Des Moines Reg­is­ter:  “House Speak­er Lin­da Upmey­er, R‑Clear Lake, not­ed in a state­ment that no mat­ter what the Leg­is­la­ture had decid­ed, the state still would have been in vio­la­tion of fed­er­al law.” Sep­tem­ber 4, 2020: The Depart­ment … Why is it nec­es­sary to have orga­nized crime run state cannabis pro­grams?

Fed­er­al exemp­tion for Iowa’s med­ical cannabis pro­gram (Iowa Code Chap­ter 124E) is on the agen­da today in the Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee, Feb­ru­ary 28, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. Sen­ate File 69 cre­ates a legal task force to con­form Iowa’s med­ical cannabis pro­gram with fed­er­al drug law. In 2020 (HF 2589, § 31), the Iowa Leg­is­la­ture instruct­ed … Sen­ate File 69 — Feb­ru­ary 28, 2023

Fed­er­al exemp­tion for Iowa’s med­ical cannabis pro­gram (Iowa Code Chap­ter 124E) is on the agen­da for a Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry sub­com­mit­tee meet­ing Mon­day after­noon, Feb­ru­ary 13, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. at the Iowa State Capi­tol. Sen­ate File 69 cre­ates a legal task force to con­form Iowa’s med­ical cannabis pro­gram with fed­er­al drug law.  Sub­com­mit­tee mem­bers are … Sen­ate File 69 — Feb­ru­ary 13, 2023

Raw cannabis in vapor­iz­able form is on the agen­da for a Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry sub­com­mit­tee meet­ing this morn­ing at 11:30 a.m.  Sen­ate Study Bill 1113 (SSB 1113) adds vapor­ized cannabis to the list of approved forms in Iowa and increas­es the num­ber of dis­pen­saries from three to ten. Iowa should seek a fed­er­al exemp­tion under 21 … Raw Cannabis — Sen­ate Study Bill 1113

Let­ter to Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Board, Feb­ru­ary 4, 2023 I see you have leg­is­la­tion on the agen­da for the meet­ing next Fri­day.  I was hop­ing to see com­pan­ion bills in both cham­bers for imple­men­ta­tion of the board’s eight rec­om­men­da­tions from the board’s 2022 annu­al report. The only rec­om­men­da­tion that made it into a bill is the … Let­ter to Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Board

I had to send this again, because the links were not work­ing in the email I sent on Jan­u­ary 16, 2023.  I am ask­ing leg­is­la­tors to co-spon­­sor Sen­ate File 69 or file a cor­re­spond­ing bill in the Iowa House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives.  Thank you! Intro­duced in the Iowa Sen­ate, Jan­u­ary 12, 2023 SF 69 fed­er­al exemp­tion … Fed­er­al Exemp­tion for Med­ical Cannabis

I was a guest on Vet­er­ans Action Coun­cil Round­table #40 on July 22, 2022.

March 27, 2022 Drug Enforce­ment Admin­is­tra­tion Attn: Admin­is­tra­tor 8701 Mor­ris­sette Dri­ve Spring­field, Vir­ginia 22152 Cer­ti­fied Mail 7007 1490 0002 0045 7626 Drug Enforce­ment Admin­is­tra­tion Attn: Diver­sion Con­trol Division/DC 8701 Mor­ris­sette Dri­ve Spring­field, VA 22152 Cer­ti­fied Mail 7007 1490 0002 0045 7633 ODLP@usdoj.gov Dear Admin­is­tra­tor: Please accept this let­ter as sup­ple­men­tal to the peti­tion we sent … Let­ter to DEA, March 27, 2022