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While Gov­er­nor Branstad lies about the offi­cial posi­tion of his admin­is­tra­tion, the Iowa Board of Phar­ma­cy, the admin­is­tra­tive agency giv­en the task of for­mu­lat­ing the offi­cial pol­i­cy of the Branstad Admin­is­tra­tion, con­tin­ues to say their offi­cial posi­tion is that mar­i­jua­na is med­i­cine and the leg­is­la­ture should cre­ate a med­ical mar­i­jua­na pro­gram. You can lis­ten for … The Offi­cial Posi­tion of the Branstad Admin­is­tra­tion

Gov­er­nor Branstad said he’s opposed to a med­ical mar­i­jua­na pro­gram like Cal­i­for­ni­a’s, while ignor­ing the fact that the Iowa Depart­ment of Pub­lic Health has rec­om­mend­ed a pro­gram like New Mex­i­co’s Med­ical Cannabis Pro­gram. As you may recall, Iowa State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Clel Baudler went to Cal­i­for­nia in 2010 and lied about hav­ing hem­or­rhoids to get a … Gov­er­nor Branstad’s Straw Man

In antic­i­pa­tion of the phar­ma­cy board hear­ing com­ing up this Wednes­day morn­ing, March 12, and part 2 of San­ja Gup­ta’s CNN Doc­u­men­tary, “Weed 2: Cannabis Mad­ness”, on Tues­day evening, March 11, I thought it would be appro­pri­ate to inter­view one of the found­ing fathers of the Iowa Med­ical Mar­i­jua­na law enact­ed in 1979, Dr. Edward … Inter­view with Dr. Hertko

The Iowa Board of Phar­ma­cy’s Rules Com­mit­tee met today to con­sid­er mak­ing rules for the med­ical use of cannabis. Here are the audio record­ings I made of that meet­ing:

There has been some con­fu­sion late­ly about who I am, what I do, and why I do it. So, what’s new? I thought a for­mal post was in order. Some peo­ple think show­ing their leg­is­la­tors med­ical evi­dence is a good idea. In fact, they think it’s such a good idea that they think I should … Who I am, what I do, and why I do it

Polk Coun­ty Iowa Dis­trict Court Judge Scott Rosen­berg ruled against the Iowa Board of Phar­ma­cy’s motion to dis­miss today in Carl Olsen v. Iowa Board of Phar­ma­cy, No. CVCV045505.  Rea­son­ing that fail­ure of the board to advise the leg­is­la­ture annu­al­ly, as required by Iowa law, was an ongo­ing injury capa­ble of rep­e­ti­tion, the court ruled … Iowa Dis­trict Court rules against Iowa Board of Phar­ma­cy

This week, the Quad-City Times Edi­to­r­i­al Board expressed the sen­ti­ment of the East­ern Iowa com­mu­ni­ty in call­ing for the state to dis­miss crim­i­nal charges against can­cer patient Ben­ton Macken­zie. Just the week before, the Sioux City Jour­nal pub­lished an arti­cle quot­ing Iowa Board of Phar­ma­cy Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Lloyd Jessen and Iowa Office of Drug Con­trol … Com­mu­ni­ty Oppos­es Pros­e­cu­tion of Can­cer Patient for Mar­i­jua­na