Demand for CBD “Exploding” — And The Legislature Is Not Listening

An Editorial From The Messenger :

The demand for CBD is exploding in an age of anxiety, and because of the fear of the real damage that’s been done by opioids and other drugs.

We understand, somewhat, the caution that is being exhibited. There is, as a New York Times writer put it, “a paucity of data” about CBD’s efficacy. But much of that is because research is limited to cannabis being a Schedule 1 drug.

Still, we believe there are obvious flaws in the state’s law that could be corrected immediately.

The easiest, it seems to us, has to do with the limited number of dispensaries. Five dispensaries for the entire state is just bewildering. In fact, the second largest city in the state, Cedar Rapids, does not have a state-licensed outlet.

Waterloo is the closest site. Where is the logic in that?

If lawmakers believe this is a product worth providing to people, why make it difficult for them to get it?

That Iowa’s limited number of dispensaries is unworkable is further evident by the uneven prosecution across the state of non-licensed facilities. It’s time the legislature fixed this.