Religious use of Plants and Fungi

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Rep. Jeff Ship­ley has been a long-time advo­cate for plants, fun­gi, and reli­gious free­dom, so I sent him a copy of my last blog post, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE: Reli­gious Free­dom Restora­tion Act fails to pro­tect reli­gious free­dom. Last year, the Iowa Dis­trict Court refused to apply the Reli­gious Free­dom Restora­tion Act, 2024 Iowa … Reli­gious use of Plants and Fun­gi

STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE: Religious Freedom Restoration Act fails to protect religious freedom

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In the first test of the new­ly enact­ed Reli­gious Free­dom Restora­tion Act (RFRA), an Iowa dis­trict court has reject­ed a claim that the statu­to­ry exemp­tion for the reli­gious use of pey­ote vio­lates both reli­gious free­dom and estab­lish­ment of reli­gion.  2024 Iowa Acts chap­ter 1003 (April 2, 2024). The case was filed by Carl Olsen in 2023 before … STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE: Reli­gious Free­dom Restora­tion Act fails to pro­tect reli­gious free­dom

DEA Scheduling Hearing

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I haven’t post­ed in a while, most­ly because of the uncer­tain­ty about the elec­tions. The elec­tions are over and the DEA Sched­ul­ing Hear­ings are under­way. This is the first time that the DEA has pro­posed mov­ing cannabis to a less restric­tive sched­ule of the Con­trolled Sub­stances Act. And, because of that there is noth­ing to … DEA Sched­ul­ing Hear­ing

Ganja Law 101 Episode 8

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From 2005 to 2010, med­ical neces­si­ty has now been adopt­ed by a total of twelve states and the Iowa Board of Phar­ma­cy takes a deep dive into the sci­ence. 1961 Sin­gle Con­ven­tion, March 30, 1961, 18 U.S.T. 1407, 30 T.I.A.S. No. 6298, 520 U.N.T.S. 151 “… a gen­er­al­ly accept­able inter­na­tion­al con­ven­tion replac­ing exist­ing treaties on … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 8

Ganja Law 101 Episode 7

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From 2000 to 2005, med­ical neces­si­ty has now been adopt­ed by a total of nine states but the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment and the state of Iowa reject the argu­ment say­ing the statutes clas­si­fy it as hav­ing no med­ical use. RFRA (1993) The Reli­gious Free­dom Restora­tion Act (RFRA) was enact­ed to over­rule the deci­sion in Employ­ment Divi­sion … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 7

Pending Legislation — May 12, 2023

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It’s always pos­si­ble that these bills or parts of them can end up as amend­ments to oth­er bills, so noth­ing is off the table. Sen­ate File 69: Intro­duced 01/12/2023; Sub­com­mit­tee Approved 02/09/2023 Med­ical Cannabid­i­ol Legal Task Force Sen­ate File 73: Intro­duced 01/12/2023 (not like­ly to move in 2024) Com­mer­cial­iza­tion of Cannabis for Adult Use Sen­ate … Pend­ing Leg­is­la­tion — May 12, 2023

Why is it necessary to have organized crime run state cannabis programs?

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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?

Ganja Law 101 Episode 6

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From 1990 to 2000, the saga of repeat­ed fail­ure to resched­ule mar­i­jua­na and the emer­gence of ear­ly home grow laws in Cal­i­for­nia, Alas­ka, Ore­gon, and Wash­ing­ton. Show Tri­al of our Lives, the Final Bat­tle, right Now The First Amend­ment Ency­clo­pe­dia: Facial Chal­lenges Con­sti­tu­tion of the Unit­ed States: First Amend­ment Unit­ed States Depart­ment of Jus­tice : … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 6

Ganja Law 101 Episode 5

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Some things I was unclear on after the deci­sion in Employ­ment Divi­sion v. Smith in 1990: (1) like most peo­ple, I thought the 1964 deci­sion by the Cal­i­for­nia Supreme Court in Peo­ple v. Woody cor­rect­ly applied the First Amend­ment to the U.S. Con­sti­tu­tion to the reli­gious use of pey­ote; and (2) I thought my equal … Gan­ja Law 101 Episode 5