Developing: Story County Attorney Says CBD Illegal | WeedPress Statement On 10 O’Clock News From Tonight’s Fallout News Found Here

CBD is currently still illegal in Iowa. Now it’s up to the Legislature to free thousands of Iowans from unregulated, contaminated products sold by profiteers as a distraction from whole plant medicine. News Channel 5 has the latest:

Jason Karimi is a medical marijuana activist. He is the executive director of Iowa patient’s for medical marijuana. But he agrees with Story County, and says the law is the law.

“I sympathize with people, I sympathize with their customers, I definitely understand the pain, because I deal with it as well,” Karimi said. “I could benefit from using CBD. But I can’t do that in good conscious or tell other people to do it when I know for a fact it is illegal because I can read the law in plain English like anyone else.“

Moving forward Story County is trying to educate the community and hopes that stores will pull their products.

“I hope that people will correct their behavior, so we don’t have to go any further with investigation and prosecution,” said Reynolds.

Officials on all sides of this hope that the legislature can get laws into place that make regulating CBD oil easier for everyone involved.

We reached out to Dallas and Polk County to see if they would release a similar statement about CBD oil. We haven’t heard back yet.

Read the full story here: https://www.weareiowa.com/news/local-news/story-county-warns-of-illegal-cbd-products-sold-in-iowa/1877254430

More news from today’s setback to the CBD distraction industry:

KCCI News Channel 8 March 25 2019: https://whotv.com/2019/03/25/story-county-cracks-down-on-cbd-oil/

WHO-TV News Channel 13 March 25 2019: https://whotv.com/2019/03/25/story-county-cracks-down-on-cbd-oil/

Radio Iowa March 7 2019: https://www.radioiowa.com/2019/03/07/clermont-business-accused-of-illegally-selling-medical-marijuana-products/

KCRG March 6 2019: https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Fayette-County-authorities-seize-CBD-products-from-spa-506786121.html

Des Moines Register March 6 2019: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/03/06/iowa-sheriff-ts-brick-city-spa-clermont-marijuana-derivative-cbd-oil-edible-candy-cannabis-health/3087974002/

KTVO-TV February 28 2019: https://ktvo.com/news/local/mt-pleasant-pd-reminds-retailers-unregulated-cbd-is-illegal-in-iowa 

The Gazette February 19 2019: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/health/cbd-boom-prompts-regulatory-scrutiny-20190219

KCCI News Channel 8 February 19 2019: https://www.kcci.com/article/bill-would-relax-restrictions-on-cbd-oil/26405991

The Daily Iowan February 3 2019: https://dailyiowan.com/2019/02/03/a-cbd-store-opened-in-iowa-city-last-month-officials-say-its-illegal/

Spencer Signal December 13 2019: https://spencersignal.com/2018/12/13/spencer-businesses-reminded-selling-cbd-products-without-license-is-illegal/

KCRG-TV November 16 2018: https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Dubuque-Police-Departments-Facebook-post-about-CBD-oil-highlights-confusion-on-products-legality-500726631.html

Des Moines Register August 24 2018: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2018/08/24/iowans-openly-selling-hemp-cannadibiol-state-says-illegal/1083339002/

KCRG-TV April 10 2018: https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/State-says-CBD-oil-sold-in-stores-is-illegal-stores-choose-to-sell-anyway–479349583.html

Des Moines Register January 3 2018: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2018/01/03/cannabis-oil-openly-sold-iowa-stores-without-state-permits-despite-legal-questions/996145001/