No one is predicting that Iowa will be the 15th state to legalize medical marijuana, but Iowa has been in the news this week. A poll shows a majority of Iowans support medical marijuana legislation. The other big news out of Iowa, is a public meeting that was held Wednesday with the Iowa State Pharmacy Board to decide whether to recommend marijuana be legalized for medical purposes. The board reviewed 13 questions that they were legally bound to discuss before rescheduling marijuana. The questions started off with a discussion about marijuana’s potential for abuse. The board members generally agreed that Cannabis does have great potential for abuse but there was some disagreement if marijuana would be abused more than drugs currently accessible by prescription. This question is complicated because for Iowa to have medical marijuana they must first remove it from the Legislature’s Schedule 1 classifications. Schedule 1 means a drug that has a high potential for abuse and no safe medical use. The pharmacy board has faced this issue before in 2008 when the American civil Liberties Union of Iowa and others petitioned the board to change the classification. At that time the board rejected the request. It took a judge’s orders in a 2009 ruling that the board must review the classification and decide whether marijuana has an accepted medical use. This time around, the advocatess were lining up to testify in favor of the move towards legalizing medical cannabis and the board voted to recommend the change 6-0. I read through the comments as they were going up on the Internet during the live meeting, and there were hundreds for making the change, and I was unable to find any comments against making medical marijuaua available to patients. This week the two bills that would have allowed the medical use of marijuana in Iowa failed to meet an initial deadline to stay alive this session of the Iowa Legislature, but with this new development in IOWA cannabis reform, it seems that Iowa might have a good chance with similair measures next time around.
Feb 192010
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Polish Lawmaker Threatens to Smoke Marijuana in Parliament
Arizona Governor Will Allow Dispensaries Now that Lawsuit Was Dismissed
Washington Dispensary Bill Addresses I-502 Concerns
California Supreme Court to Hear Important Dispensary Cases
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As Legalization Question Headed for the Ballot, Poll Shows Voters Split
Colorado Revenue Department asks for Marijuana Rescheduling
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Washington State Puts The Legalization Question to the Voters
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California Chapter of Addiction Medicine Has Different Opinion on Legalization
Arizona Officials Bust Major Mexican Cartel Ring
Americans for Safe Access Sues the US Attorney General
The White House Issues a Response to the Cannabis Community
Canadian Coalition Calls for Legalization
Colorado Issues the Nation’s first Medical Marijuana Business License
Colombian President Calls for the Global Legalization of Marijuana
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Fontana Police Send Their Own Threatening Letters to Dispensaries
Pennsylvania Couple Facing Paraphernalia Charges
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I would like to smoke some pot only on long week ends. That would be two or three times a year. The rest of the time I really need to work.
WHAT? A DEADLINE KEEPS ME HELD BACK. MY ILLNESS DID NOT GET PUT OFF BY A DEADLINE. LEGALIZE IT ALREADY!!!!!!!