Here are the events that took place on my petition for marijuana scheduling. First the subcommittee report from November 19, 2014. Here’s a link to a copy of the subcommittee … Pharmacy Board denies my petition again
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 … My Plan
In predictable fashion, Iowa district court judge Eliza Ovrom denied my petition for judicial review in a ruling published on December 10, 2014. You don’t have to read very far … Judge denies petition to remove marijuana from schedule 1
Carl Olsen 130 E. Aurora Ave. Des Moines, Iowa 50313-3654 December 1, 2014 Iowa Board of Pharmacy 400 SW Eighth Street, Suite E Des Moines, Iowa 50309-4688 To the Iowa … Response to the Board’s decision to Table my Petition
On November 17, 2014, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy held a public hearing on my petition to have marijuana removed from schedule 1 of the Iowa Uniform Controlled Substances Act. … Ship of State (fools)
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy voted to delay the ruling on my petition to have marijuana reclassified in Iowa. The board voted unanimously to recommend … State administrative agencies must follow state law
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 … Scholars do not understand federalism
If you’re like me and you stopped using marijuana 24 years ago (I’ll admit not very people are like me), then you’d probably like to see some progress being made … Legislative Goals for 2015
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that when the Iowa Board of Pharmacy recommended rescheduling marijuana in 2010, the chair of the Iowa House Committee on Public Safety, Greenfield … Rescheduling’s Biggest Opponent Reverses Position
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