Iowa Code Chapter 124E, the Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Act, lacks a section on compliance with existing federal law. Cannabis is a federal schedule 1 controlled substance, and yet Iowa Code … Request for State Legislation 2019
Board’s Motion to Dismiss Denied On November 13, 2018, the Iowa District Court denied the board’s motion to dismiss my religious claim for cannabidiol. The order, as well as an … Religious Claim for Cannabidiol Moves Forward
On Thursday, September 20, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy moved to dismiss my petition for the Religious use of medical cannabidiol, in Olsen v. Board of Pharmacy, No. CVCV056841 (Iowa … Board Moves to Dismiss Religious Claim for Cannabidiol
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was enacted in 1993 to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990). In the Smith case, … What is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?
On August 15, 2018, my attorney filed an appeal from the pharmacy board’s refusal to consider a religious exemption to the schedules of controlled substances for the sacramental use of … Appeal from pharmacy board’s refusal to consider religious exemption
Analysis of the July 16, 2018, Response from the Iowa Board of Pharmacy POINT #1: The Iowa Board of Pharmacy (board) responds that Iowa Code chapter 17A does not establish … Legal Analysis of Response from Board of Pharmacy
Iowa Board of Pharmacy ANDREW FUNK, PHARM.D. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR July 16, 2018 Carl Olsen PO Box 41381 Des Moines, IA 50311 Sent via email only to: Carl Olsen and Colin … Board of Pharmacy responds to Petition for Religious Exemption
I’m a member of a Jamaican Rastafarian church incorporated in Jamaica as the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church (EZCC) in 1976, Act No. 11. The sacrament of the EZCC is cannabis. … Sacramental use of cannabis
Has the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Murphy v. NCAA, 584 U.S. ___ (May 14, 2018), prohibiting Congress from forcing states to outlaw sports gambling, actually changed anything regarding … Has Murphy v NCAA changed anything?
April 28, 2018 Dear Candidates for Governor of Iowa, In 2017, the Iowa legislature authorized large-scale marijuana cultivation in our state for the purpose of making cannabidiol products, the Medical … Candidates for Governor 2018