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There has been a lot of par­ti­san bick­er­ing in the Iowa leg­is­la­ture over med­ical mar­i­jua­na this year, and it’s not over yet.  Since Iowa enact­ed a med­ical cannabis extract law (2015 Iowa Code Chap­ter 124D — Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Act) last year, no one has been able to obtain it legal­ly.  Cannabid­i­ol is not approved by … It’s Not Over Yet

Audio from April 20, 2015 Democ­rats are say­ing Iowa should not wait for the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment to legal­ize med­ical use of mar­i­jua­na. Repub­li­cans are ask­ing how busi­ness­es (4 grow­ers and 12 dis­pen­saries) are all going to be vio­lat­ing fed­er­al law here Iowa and that’s just okay with all of us? So I’m ask­ing, if accept­ed … What the Democ­rats are miss­ing.

Audio from April 11, 2015 MODERATOR: Sir. CARL OLSEN: Yes, Sen­a­tor Whitver, can you tell me how you’re going to vote on the med­ical cannabis pro­gram and what we might need to do to get the House to adopt that? SENATOR JACK WHITVER: The cur­rent bill as is that great­ly, in my opin­ion, great­ly expands … April Anke­ny Leg­isla­tive Forum

Audio from March 14, 2015 Anke­ny Cham­ber Leg­isla­tive Forum — March 14, 2015 MODERATOR: Yes, sir. LAURA JUMPER’S DAD: For­give me if I don’t phrase this ques­tion right, but it has to do with the impasse on cannabis oil. You know I’m new to this and I’ve got a daugh­ter who’s very sick and we … Anke­ny Leg­isla­tive Forum — March 14, 2015

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 report. After the sub­com­mit­tee report was read, the fol­low­ing con­ver­sa­tion took place: EDWARD MAIER: So, that entire doc­u­ment is what the com­mit­tee has rec­om­mend­ed to … Phar­ma­cy Board denies my peti­tion again

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 to get the sense the judge is read­ing her own bias into the rul­ing. She starts by accus­ing me of try­ing to clear the way … 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 Board of Phar­ma­cy: Thank you for con­sid­er­ing my peti­tion for mar­i­jua­na sched­ul­ing on Wednes­day, Novem­ber 19, 2014.  I would like to thank the mem­bers of the … Response to the Board’s deci­sion to Table my Peti­tion