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Bills pend­ing in both cham­bers of the Iowa Gen­er­al Assem­bly, House File 2589 and Sen­ate File 2363, are fatal­ly flawed for fail­ure to cite fed­er­al legal author­i­ty.  The fed­er­al author­i­ty to cre­ate an exemp­tion from fed­er­al drug law is found in 21 C.F.R. §1307.03 (“excep­tions to reg­u­la­tions”) and is con­sis­tent with 21 U.S.C. §903 (“appli­ca­tion … HF 2589 / SF 2363

The pro­posed new sec­tion 20 to Iowa Code Chap­ter 124E say­ing that med­ical cannabid­i­ol is not fed­er­al­ly reg­u­lat­ed is incred­i­bly vague and uncer­tain.  It is kind of like say­ing the sky is blue.  No one has ever sug­gest­ed that state reg­u­lat­ed cannabis pro­grams are fed­er­al­ly reg­u­lat­ed.  Explain­ing the rela­tion­ship between state and fed­er­al drug law … Sen­ate File 501 — Fed­er­al­ly Exempt

Does the Iowa Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act, Iowa Code Chap­ter 124E, autho­rize vio­la­tion of fed­er­al law?  Does any­one know?  Iowa cit­i­zens have a right to know and should not be left guess­ing. One way of know­ing for cer­tain that our law is con­sis­tent with fed­er­al law would be to obtain a fed­er­al exemp­tion like the one … Fed­er­al Exemp­tion — Jan­u­ary 2020

Pro­posed Leg­is­la­tion for 2020 Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 9, 2019     124E.20 Con­sis­ten­cy with fed­er­al laws and reg­u­la­tions.      The depart­ment of pub­lic health pur­suant to 21 C.F.R. §1307.03 shall noti­fy the fed­er­al Drug Enforce­ment Admin­is­tra­tion by July 1, 2020, that it is not the intent of this chap­ter pur­suant to 21 U.S.C. §903 to cre­ate any pos­i­tive con­flict … Pro­posed Leg­is­la­tion for 2020

https://iowamedicalmarijuana.org/cases/olsen-dea-2019.html Sup­ple­ment to Peti­tion for Fed­er­al Exemp­tion Mon­day, Octo­ber 14, 2019 BEFORE THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Peti­tion by Carl Olsen­for agency action relat­ed toIowa Code Chap­ter 124E PETITION FORAGENCY ACTIONADDITIONAL EXHIBITS ADDITIONAL ARGUMENT Attached is a let­ter from Iowa Attor­ney Gen­er­al Tom Miller ask­ing the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment to “allow each state and ter­ri­to­ry … Sup­ple­ment to IDPH Peti­tion — Novem­ber 2019

https://iowamedicalmarijuana.org/cases/olsen-dea-2019.html Peti­tion for Fed­er­al Exemp­tion Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 21, 2019 BEFORE THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Peti­tion by Carl Olsen­for agency action relat­ed toIowa Code Chap­ter 124E PETITION FORAGENCY ACTION The peti­tion­er asks the depart­ment to obtain fed­er­al exemp­tion for the med­ical use of cannabis as set forth in the Iowa Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act, Iowa … Peti­tion for Admin­is­tra­tive Action — Octo­ber 2019

Barr, speak­ing dis­pas­sion­ate­ly, called on con­gress to make up its mind on mar­i­jua­na.  “I think the cur­rent sit­u­a­tion is unten­able,” he said, liken­ing state legal­iza­tion to a “back­door nul­li­fi­ca­tion of fed­er­al law.”  Barr con­tin­ued: “We should either have a fed­er­al law that pro­hibits mar­i­jua­na, every­where, which I would sup­port, myself.”  How­ev­er, he added: “if we … Peti­tion for Admin­is­tra­tive Action — August 2, 2019

Iowa Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Board — August 2, 2019 Is med­ical cannabid­i­ol exempt from fed­er­al drug law? I found an arti­cle that helps to illus­trate my solu­tion (empha­sis added). Yes, States Can Nul­li­fy Some Fed­er­al Laws, Not All By Robert A. Levy This arti­cle appeared in Investor’s Busi­ness Dai­ly on March 18, 2013. In a nut­shell: … Is med­i­c­i­nal cannabis exempt from fed­er­al drug law?

I’m sure you’ve heard it said, “Laws are Like Sausages.  Bet­ter Not to See Them Being Made.” 2014 Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act Iowa Poll: 59% back legal­iz­ing med­ical mar­i­jua­na, Tony Leys, Des Moines Reg­is­ter, March 2, 2014 Sen­ate File 2360 (Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act) SF 2360 was intro­duced by Sen­a­tor Joe Bolk­com (chair of the Sen­ate Ways … Last Minute Back Door Deal­ing Dooms HF 732 (Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol)

Recent­ly, Cap­tain Mar­ti Reil­ly of the Sioux City Police Depart­ment, a sea­­soned-law offi­cer with years of expe­ri­ence inves­ti­gat­ing drug crimes said: “Mar­i­jua­na is an inter­est­ing drug, in the fact that the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment says it’s ille­gal.  Being in law enforce­ment for more than 30 years.  They always said state laws can be more restric­tive, but … Chap­ter 124E is Poor­ly Writ­ten