She can also get us a bill to offer important mandated regulations at the state level now that the feds have cleared the way for farmers to grow hemp here in Iowa. I have not talked with her about it, but she’s on the ag committee…if not her, find someone else?
From Bleeding Heartland:
Newly-elected Representative Cindy Axne (IA-03) will serve on two committees: Financial Services and Agriculture. Both affect major sectors of the Iowa economy. The third Congressional district includes more than a dozen rural counties and the Des Moines metro area, a major financial and insurance hub. Axne was appointed to Financial Services first and requested a waiver to serve on Agriculture after Republican leaders stripped Representative Steve King (IA-04) of his committee assignments. That action would have left Iowa without a representative on the House Agriculture Committee for the first time since the 1890s.
Commenting on her assignment to Financial Services, Axne said,
“As a small business owner representing an urban and rural district, I’m thankful for the opportunity to bring a unique perspective regarding the difficulties and challenges different communities face in obtaining access to capital, especially our rural entrepreneurs, small businesses, and our major employers” said Representative Axne. “I know that investing in small businesses and rural development is the key to job creation and economic growth. I look forward to serving as a champion of bipartisan solutions to ensure our banking and financial institutions are working to support hardworking Iowa families and create jobs in our rural communities.”
Axne’s statement about joining the House Agriculture Committee noted, “Iowa farmers are hurting from retaliation tariffs, a slower than usual harvest rate this year, a continuing decline of commodity prices, yet another decrease in farmland value this past year, and the ongoing government shutdown.” In September, Iowa State University economists documented the trade war’s impact on the agriculture sector and Iowa’s economy generally.
January 2018:
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“It’s unfortunate law enforcement authorities aren’t taking proper steps to determine the legality of these products,” he said.
Hendrix added that in similar situations elsewhere, including in Indiana, police wound up returning CV Sciences products to shop owners after testing them and determining they weren’t marijuana. He said his company has offered to reimburse Meier for any financial losses if she is unable to get her wares back from police.
A leading Iowa medical-marijuana advocate said other store owners are monitoring the situation, but most are continuing to sell what they believe are legal CBD products. Jason Karimi, executive director of Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana, said police who seize such products should have them tested and should release lab results to the public.
“They have to prove that what is being sold to Iowans is a danger — because it’s being sold as not dangerous,” Karimi said.
Karimi expressed sympathy for officers, however.
“The police have a tough job,” he said. “We’re asking them to enforce the law while we’re changing it.”
Carrie Bluml, owner of the Nature Ammil store in Carroll, said she was confused by the situation. She said she checked with Carroll police before she began selling CBD lotion in December.
“The officer I spoke with said it wouldn’t be a problem,” she said.
But then officers came to her store Dec. 27 and seized a few small tubs of the lotion, she said. Bluml said she’s not filing a legal challenge, because she’s not charged with a crime. She said she’s less concerned about herself than about Iowans who buy CBD products, thinking they’re legal, then face possible arrest if they’re later caught with the products.
She said Iowa authorities should clarify the situation for everyone.
“I just want it to be clear: What’s legal and what’s not legal?” she said.
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So far, the owners of Nature Ammil and Healing Arts Studio have not been criminally charged.
After losing her product, Bluml contacted Jason Karimi, the executive director of Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana, who has been helping Bluml work through the laws regarding whether hemp-derived CBD is legal to sell.
“While police have a hard job, Carroll police have been very lazy about doing theirs,” Karimi said. “By citing advisory memos from people who are not lawyers, their disservice to Carroll’s community has become apparent. Hopefully, moving forward, the police will retract their claim that hemp-sourced CBD is illegal until they can show what law justifies their warrantless seizures.”
Police officers also confiscated hemp lotions from Walgreens Pharmacy, but those products tested negative for THC, Burke said.
Sklenar discovered hemp-derived cannabis oil after reaching out to other families who had children with epilepsy.
Nolan has a range of ailments that affect his body and mind, including epilepsy and cerebral palsy.
Before the oil, Sklenar tried four different prescription drugs that were ineffective and left Nolan with other illnesses, Sklenar said. One medication hurt Nolan’s pancreas so much that he was later diagnosed with pancreatitis.
After they began giving Nolan CBD oil, they noticed a resounding change, Sklenar said.
“He knows the feeling of it,” Sklenar said. “I think it just calms him down. He is a lot more workable with us when he’s had it. He suffers from a lot of anxiety from things like going to school or getting in the van. He just doesn’t know what to expect. It’s helped a lot with his anxiety.”
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