Update on Federal Exemption: Iowa’s SCR 102 Referred To Judiciary Committee

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SCR 102	A concurrent resolution urging the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to grant an exception to the classification of cannabis under schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act in Iowa. (Formerly SCR 101.)
	03/24/2022 Referred to Judiciary. S.J. 622. 02/09/2022 Document was tied to topic(s) – Controlled substances, Controlled Substances Act, Drugs, Marijuana, Public Health Department, Resolutions-Policy 02/09/2022 Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 255.

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Here’s the text of the concurrent resolution:

SCR 102

BY ZAUN

A Concurrent Resolution urging the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to grant an exception to the classification of cannabis under schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act in Iowa.

WHEREAS, the General Assembly has directed the Iowa Department of Public Health to request guarantees from the federal government that educational and long-term care facilities in Iowa with policies allowing patients to possess medical cannabidiol or allowing staff to administer medical cannabidiol will not lose federal funding due to such policies; and

WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Public Health may accomplish this goal by seeking an exception to the classification of cannabis under schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act in Iowa from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration using the procedure found in 21 C.F.R. §1307.03; NOW THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly urges the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to grant an exception to the classification of cannabis under schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act in Iowa requested by the Iowa Department of Public Health for the purpose of allowing the possession and administration of medical cannabidiol at educational and long-term care facilities in Iowa; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State transmit a copy of this resolution to the Office of Diversion Control of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

To follow SCR 102’s progress in Iowa, go to this link via the Iowa Legislative website.