Category: Current Events

Just had this email forwarded and wanted to share it. Will we see legal marijuana in 2012? I sure hope so. Notice how this initiative will both reschedule cannabis, and have the state of California take on the federal government? Steve Kubby, one of the activists working on this initiative, was dead on when he…

March on the Capital this Saturday to protest unconstitutional marijuana laws! The annual Worldwide Marijuana March is this Saturday in Des Moines! Come meet us at city hall (410 Robert D Ray Drive) at 11:20 a.m. We’ll be marching down Locust to the Capital, where the Iowa Hemp Freedom Rally will take place at noon…

Don’t know why. I just wanted to know if they had any stats on marijuana vs. alcohol. Let’s see if they’ll answer. Link to DARE on Facebook. Don’t forget to make your voice heard during Obama’s 4-20 Facebook Townhall Meeting Sign the DARE Petition!

(Via Yaliberty.org and The Future of Freedom Foundation) BY MATT COCKERILL AT 12:20PM MAR 30, 2011 This is shocking data. I’m willing to bet that a majority — if not most — of these incarcerations relate to nonviolent “drug offenses” (i.e. non-crimes). If you aren’t a pugnacious opponent of the breathtakingly racist breathtakingly racist War…

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So excited for this movie. Should be interesting. Saw the preview last year. I’ll do a movie review or something special once it’s released. Notice the lack of violence? Much different than “Cocaine Cowboys.” I wonder why that is… http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2011/03/square_grouper_sxsw_debut.php Last Night Rakontur’s Square Grouper Debuts at SXSW Film Festival By Drew Spears, Mon., Mar.…

This is the second time in two years that there has been a subcommittee hearing on medical marijuana, the only two times since 1996. The situation in Iowa has changed dramatically since the last subcommittee hearing two years ago. WeedPress will review tomorrow’s hearing this next week. Two of the three subcommittee members are democrats.…

Jack Kibbie PO Box 190 Emmetsburg, IA, 50536 December 26, 2010 Mr. Kibbie, Democrat I am writing to ask you to elaborate on some statements regarding the medical use of marijuana. According to radioiowa.com’s December 23rd article “Key leaders say legislature unlikely to legalize medical marijuana,” you said “Many years ago I think I co-sponsored…

Looks like the Iowa Board of Pharmacy’s bill to reschedule marijuana has a lot of support. Three registered lobbyists from the Iowa Medical Society support the bill. Numerous law enforcement lobbyists are listed as undecided. After the November 2nd elections, the newly elected majority leader went the opposite way of Kevin McCarthy’s statements about not…

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will respond to Carl Olsen’s “Petition Requesting Medical Marijuana Use Rule Making” during their Tuesday, January 11 meeting in Des Moines. The meeting will take place at 400 S.W. Eighth Street, Suite E. The petition is the first item on the agenda and is listed to begin at 9:40 am.

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  “We’re locking up people that have taken a couple puffs of marijuana and next thing you know they’ve got 10 years with mandatory sentences,” Robertson continued. “These judges just say, they throw up their hands and say nothing we can do with these mandatory sentences. We’ve got to take a look at what we’re…

Carl Olsen’s letter to Rep Kevin McCarthy explains the difference between removing marijuana’s Schedule I status, and legalization. “Nobody should be asking why we need to transfer marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II in Iowa, because the law says that decision should be based on a scientific review of marijuana to be made by…

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will introduce legislation to recognize marijuana as medicine this year. Following four medical marijuana hearings around the state, during which medical experts, patients, and concerned citizen gave testimony, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy has agreed that marijuana does have “accepted medical use within the United States.” As is their duty…

The SAFER Campuses Initiative is off to an early start for Spring 2011, and we want to help you get a campaign going on your campus. We’re already helping several campuses get their efforts off the ground, and we’ll continue to help them and others work to change campus policies and spark public debate about…

Dear activists, In 2009, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) and 15 Republican and Democratic cosponsors introduced the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, legislation that would create a bipartisan Commission to review and identify effective criminal justice policies and make recommendations for reform. The House of Representatives and the Senate Judiciary Committee have passed the bill, which…

That’s what Iowans are estimated to spend this year to fight the Drug War. Yet marijuana is Iowa’s fourth largest cash crop (http://wp.me/PLB4e-j9). This huge potential source of revenue cost us $64.8 million in 2006 to prohibit (http://wp.me/PLB4e-jc), and arrests have only increased since then. The Total Estimated FY 2010 Iowa Substance Abuse & Drug…

Last year on WeedPress, I posted a Des Moines Register article about a man who was challenging Iowa Narcotics agents, who used previously confiscated drugs to set up Mr. James Edward Banks in a “reverse sting.” (http://tinyurl.com/22q9fh6) On October 20, 2010, the Iowa Supreme Court struck down Mr. Banks challenge: Click to access 0-718.pdf What…

Full text of Gonzalez v Oregon is on WeedPress at http://wp.me/PLB4e-7f. “In enacting the CSA, Congress made it clear it did *not* intend to preempt the states on the’ issue of drug regulation. Indeed, “[t]he CSA explicitly contemplates a role for the States in regulating controlled substances….” Gonzales v. Oregon http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17055043890936848595 “Title 21 USC –…

I happened to catch Obama’s speech this evening, and I heard many things that I wanted to point out to the list as they further show that now is, in my opinion, the best time politically to get things reformed on the issue we all care so much about. I took some notes, as the…

A copy of the full letter can be viewed here: http://wp.me/PLB4e-hV Excerpt from the letter: Recent comments issuing from your respective agencies have threatened costly litigation and the deployment of federal drug police to arrest individuals who might use marijuana if Proposition 19 is enacted by the voters of California. Such comments are unnecessarily alarmist…

via Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union by Suzanne Ito, ACLU on 10/25/10 Today, the ACLU sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske urging them to reconsider their approach towards federal drug law enforcement if California’s Proposition 19 passes…

The first part of the documentary can be found on WeedPress here: https://weedpress.wordpress.com/making-some-noise/the-marc-emery-story/watch-the-principle-of-pot-new-emery-documentary/

AVON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man says marijuana is the main sacrament of his religion and a drug charge against him violates his First Amendment rights. The full article can be seen on WeedPress at https://weedpress.wordpress.com/current-events/february-3rd-2010/thc-ministry-mentioned-in-the-new-york-times/

Commenting on this article will help show how people really feel about this situation, so I figured I’d spread the word a little. Hundreds of Pot Charges filed in 2009: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2010/02/02/local_news/local03.txt#blogcomments Here’s what’s happening in Hawaii today: —– Forwarded Message —- From: Friends for Justice Today the Council is considering “clarification” new Lowest Law Enforcement…

I just got an email about Time4Hemp’s site getting a new facelift. Email can be read here https://weedpress.wordpress.com/press-releases/time-4-hemp-site-updated/ Time4Hemp Potcasts, while I haven’t had time to listen as much as I’d like, are pretty damn good. Funny, informative, good music…if there was a “like” button on wordpress, it’d go right here. http://www.time-4-hemp.com/ Cheerio!

WeedPress unofficially half way launched at the beginning of 2010. Now, after one month, looks like my blog has hit the big time. Yep. That’s right. I’m quoted on investorshub.com as a source of information. Now, I know some things about cannabis, but to be taken seriously by investors? That’s just amazingly….something. I’m honored, to…

Jason Karimi Sunday, January 31, 2010 3:11 pm A couple days ago, this article (https://weedpress.wordpress.com/legal/international-news-worth-noticing/latin-america-rejects-old-us-approach-in-drug-war/) appeared in The Washington Post, giving further attention to the fact that the War on Drugs is rapidly being recognized as a Failed War by world leaders. Yet Amazing America, as per usual, is behind the times on forward thinking…

Veteran Wisconsin MMJ Activists ask “Is My Medicine Legal YET?” in hearing video January 12, 4:56 PMMadison NORML ExaminerGary Storck Get alerts when there is a new article from the Madison NORML Examiner. Read Examiner.com’s terms of use. MADISON: The eight hour combined committee hearing on Wisconsin’s AB554/SB368, the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act (JRMMA)…

This was forwarded to me in an email today that originated with MarleysList.com This story has been reported before, and some information can be found on WeedPress under the “Science — Illnesses –Autism” heading at the top of the page. FWD: Mother Gives Son Marijuana To Treat His Autism – ABC News No matter what…

Earlier today, Judge James C. Chalfant’s started what could end up being a disastrous situation for thousands of Los Angeles patients. Chalfant concluded that state law does not authorize collectives to sell marijuana, but only to grow it and recoup reasonable costs. “A retail store that sells marijuana to its members simply does not satisfy…

Jason Karimi January 29, 2010 4:10 p.m. I just got done watching the post game interview after Roger Federer swept Jo-Wilfried Tsong in an easy match. And while I know this blog is supposed to be dedicated to political issues surrounding cannabis law, I really don’t feel like starting a whole other blog to rant…

By Jason Karimi Friday, January 28th 12:16 p.m. So apparently, High Times and the WashingtonCityPaper blog didn’t have all their facts straight before printing the MPP Sex Scandal coverage. Whoda thunk. But thanks to a personal friend of Mr. Kampia’s, further details of the night have come to light, some of which are too personal…

By Shannan Bowen Shannan.Bowen@StarNewsOnline.com Published: Friday, January 29, 2010 at 9:31 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 29, 2010 at 9:31 a.m. Carlton said it was about 6:40 p.m. Thursday when ALE agents smelled marijuana in a parking lot by the Duplin County Events Center in Kenansville. After entering the tour bus, agents also saw a…

Jacob Sullum | January 29, 2010 It seems the council members, like the legislators who decree drug-free, gun-free, and sex-offender-free zones, could not be bothered to consult a map and figure out the practical implications of these arbitrary rules. Not only are they inviting litigation; they are blithely interfering with the lives of patients who…

By John Ingold The Denver Post Posted: 01/29/2010 01:00:00 AM MST Updated: 01/29/2010 01:30:43 AM MST Documents that would reveal why federal authorities targeted the lab were not available Thursday. Aldworth said lab employees are baffled as to why DEA agents would raid the lab. She said the lab is designated as a caregiver for several medical-marijuana…

Medical marijuana lab raided by DEA during introduction of Senator Chris Romer’s doctor-patient bill By Michael Roberts in Follow That Story, Marijuana Thu., Jan. 28 2010 @ 10:17AM // Full Spectrum Laboratories received some uninvited visitors yesterday. Yesterday, Betty Aldworth, director of outreach for Full Spectrum Laboratories, a marijuana testing facility, was at the State…

How this blog will run By Jason Karimi Thursday, January 28 So it appears a few people have started reading this blog. That’s exciting, but it’s not even set up completely yet!! So, the bulk of the information I have posted on this blog is from a collection of private notes I have collected over…

One of my favoritestest comedians, dude’s hilarious, and he’s makin me laugh as we speak. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/joe-rogan-live So far he’s talked about JWH and the OxyContin express, as well as the illegality of plants, and the humorous situation that is.

An Evansville couple arrested last summer for reportedly having 73 marijuana plants with a street value of more than $40,000 at their home were sentenced today int he case in Vanderburgh Superior Court. James Browning, 66, and his wife, Sara, 64, were arrested Aug. 26 after officers executing a search warrant at the home, at…

Bills to change Virginia marijuana laws will not go into effect WTKR-TV3 The bills sponsored by Gloucester Delegate Harvey Morgan went before the House Court of Justice Committee on Wednesday. Most expected Harvey Morgan’s marijuana bills to be dead on arrival – but it took nearly two hours for a house subcommittee to kill them.…

Man claims pot is part of his religion Posted: // Jan 28, 2010 7:00 AM CST Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:00 AM EST Updated: // Jan 28, 2010 7:00 AM CST // AVON, Colo. (AP) – Holy smoke! That’s the basis of Trevor Douglas’ marijuana defense. He claims pot is a sacrament. The Avon, Colo.…

Medical Marijuana Bill Approved by Senate Commitee Posted on 28 January 2010 Photo: Jamie Cotten Attorney Jim Mandel told legislators, “I am the face of medical marijuana.” By Alicia McNally, STATE BILL COLORADO The Senate Health & Human Services Committee approved in a 6-1 vote SB10-109, the first major attempt to regulate medical marijuana. Sens.…

http://www.celebstoner.com/201001273649/news/celebstoner-news/tommy-chong-on-the-mpp-scandal.html Tommy Chong on the MPP Scandal Tuesday, 26 January 2010 23:17 “It doesn’t really bother me at all,” Tommy Chong says about sexual misconduct charges which led to the suspension of MPP executive director Rob Kampia. Cheech & Chong were honored at the MPP’s recent 15th anniversary gala in Washington, DC. Speaking on Marijuana…

Driver said he doesn’t know who put marijuana in trailer By MARY FLOOD HOUSTON CHRONICLE Jan. 27, 2010, 9:50PM A man who said someone else must have put more than 2 tons of marijuana in his tractor trailer was found guilty of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute by a Laredo jury Wednesday. Roberto…

By John Woolfolk http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/140581059 jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com Posted: 01/27/2010 06:32:53 PM PST Updated: 01/27/2010 07:47:12 PM PST San Jose officials groped for direction in the legal haze surrounding medical marijuana dispensaries Wednesday as dozens of advocates rallied at City Hall to urge an ordinance permitting them to provide the drug to patients — while others urged a moratorium.Illustrating the…

Denver’s Department of Excise and Licenses said Wednesday it will begin accepting applications for the city’s new medical-marijuana dispensary license on Feb. 8. Applicants must submit a lease or deed, description of products and services to be provided, floor plan, security plan, area map, zoning permit, city sales tax license and a burglar alarm permit…

Don’t legalize marijuana Note: I went ahead and highlighted all the blatantly stupid remarks. Skip Miller is chairman of D.A.R.E. America, the top drug-abuse prevention and education program in the United States, and a partner in the Los Angeles law firm Miller Barondess. Opinion It’s a drug that’s easily abused, it poses health risks, and…

By LORI PREUITT Updated 5:00 PM PST, Wed, Jan 27, 2010 // // // Union City police say they know who made five high school students sick last week. They announced late Wednesday the arrest of two men who they say sold the marijuana which ended up in a batch of brownies that made the…

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/01/25/daily51.html Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 3:58pm MST Denver Business Journal – by Bob Mook A proposal to spell out the doctor-patient relationship in prescribing medical marijuana cleared its first hurdle in the Colorado Legislature on Wednesday. Senate Bill 109, sponsored by Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, was approved by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee…

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14260764?source=rss medical marijuana Senate bill aims to clarify doctor-patient relationship concerning medical marijuana By Jessica Fender The Denver Post Posted: 01/25/2010 01:00:00 AM MST Updated: 01/25/2010 01:13:04 AM MST A medical-marijuana bill months in the making could see more changes Wednesday when state lawmakers for the first time take up the complicated task of regulating the quickly…

latimes.com/news/local/la-me-medical-marijuana22-2010jan22,0,7843693.story latimes.com California Supreme Court invalidates state limits on medical marijuana possession The justices unanimously declare unconstitutional a 2003 provision that capped possession at eight ounces and cultivation at six mature or 12 immature plants. By John Hoeffel January 22, 2010 In a unanimous decision filed Thursday, the California Supreme Court struck down the state’s…

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6987115.ece January 14, 2010 Richard Ford, Home Corresponden A retired academic who once called for cannabis to be legalised was appointed yesterday as the Government’s new adviser on the harm caused by drugs.Les Iversen, a former pharmacology professor at the University of Oxford, was made interim chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of…

Sounds like politics as usual to me… http://reason.com/blog/2010/01/26/meet-the-new-dea-administrator Meet the New DEA Administrator… Jacob Sullum | January 26, 2010 For those hoping that Barack Obama would wage the war on drugs less aggressively than his predecessor, this is not a good sign: Yesterday he announced that the new head of the Drug Enforcement Administration will…

I couldn’t support this man more. Chief Crate, thank you for your testimony. Patients and supporters of legalizing marijuana couldn’t have had better support than your….whatever that was.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF ARTICLE The Brotherhood was mostly made up of white Coptics who, like Tranmer and Middleton, had arrived in Jamaica as disaffected hippies and found a home there. No one set out to have it that way, says Middleton. “It was just that we white guys had connections to move marijuana and the Jamaican’s…

The Marijuana Cancer Cure Cult By Bruce Mirken, AlterNet – Tuesday, January 26 2010 It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds, but some enthusiasts’ claims about pot and cancer may be going too far. In his 1971 State of the Union speech, President Richard Nixon declared war on cancer, prompting passage of the National Cancer…

Attention! Public Hearing – Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Special One-Day Board of Pharmacy Meeting The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will hold a special, one-day meeting on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, in the auditorium of the Iowa State Historical Building, 600 East Locust Street in Des Moines, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to decide the…

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60D3Z720100114 Exclusive: Al Qaeda linked to rogue air network: U.S. official Tim Gaynor and Tiemoko Diallo TIMBUKTU, Mali Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:17pm EST Commentary Cocaine trade is airbound and a danger to the U.S. < 1 / 11 > View Full Size TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) – In early 2008, an official at the U.S.…

http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=inakco20100120002 LINEKER v. STATE MICHAEL S. LINEKER, Appellant, v. STATE OF ALASKA, Appellee. MARIA L. LINEKER, Appellant, v. STATE OF ALASKA, Appellee. Court of Appeals Nos. A-8957, A-8967 The court denied the Lineker’s their constitutional right to Freedom of Religion. I assume this will be appealed, as is the opinion of the dissenting Judge, Judge…

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5269/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1113557 Senate Committee Passes National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 The bi-partisan National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 (S. 714) was passed out of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary today by voice vote. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) would create a commission to conduct a thorough evaluation of the…

A Doctor’s Case For Legal Pot In most of my substance-abuse patients I am far more concerned about booze than marijuana. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703414504575001192775584982.html?mod=googlenews_wsj By DAVID L. NATHAN Most Americans are paying too much for marijuana. I’m not referring to people who smoke it—using the drug generally costs about as much as using alcohol. Marijuana is unaffordable…

Amish families exempt from insurance mandate HEALTH REFORM: People with religious objections can opt out By MARC HELLER TIMES WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010 WASHINGTON — Federal health care reform will require most Northern New Yorkers — but not all, it turns out — to carry health insurance or risk a fine. Hundreds of…

Feds Accuse Doc of Faking Research On Pfizer & Merck Drugs By James A. White It looks like Scott Reuben, the Massachusetts anesthesiologist said to have used phony research data in 21 published papers, has reached a plea deal with the feds. Federal prosecutors accused Reuben of health-care fraud for allegedly faking data that suggested…

January 21, 2010 Hello Everyone (Arthur Livermore, R.Cullen Stewart, Brian Krumm, Al Byrne, Michael Long, Kay Lee, Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Dick Cowan, MaryLynn Mathre, Richard Schimelfenig, Michael Krawitz, Carl Olsen, Dr. Bob Melamede and Dale Gowin) I think most of you know that right before the beginning of the New Year, Larry Hirsch died. He had been…

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-waves-white-flag-in-disastrous-war-on-drugs-1870218.html US waves white flag in disastrous ‘war on drugs’ After 40 years, Washington is quietly giving up on a futile battle that has spread corruption and destroyed thousands of lives By Hugh O’Shaughnessy Sunday, 17 January 2010 After 40 years of defeat and failure, America’s “war on drugs” is being buried in the same…

Running for the US Senate this year. I vow to end the illegal prohibition of marijuana and stop treating a whole culture of Americans as criminals. I don’t believe anyone in a free country should live in fear of persecution and imprisonment by the government for their choice of recreational activity. I think America is……

FUCK THE POLICE is an understatement in this case. FUCK YOU Officer Schwabb, 2099. I hope you lose your job. Too bad that won’t happen. Recently recorded in San Francisco.A skateboarder calls a cop a dick, gets arrested…cop threatens to break his arm then a citizen joins in….a lot going on here,keep up with the…

PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release DATE: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 CONTACT: Joe Paquin, 831-425-0580, joe at wamm.org Manager of the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM). San Jose, CA. – The Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), a collective which provides medical marijuana to the terminally and critically ill at no cost, is having…

Cops take marijuana plants, leave ransom note Tuesday, January 05, 2010 In Marathon, Fla., authorities found six large marijuana plants growing in a vacant lot, thanks to a citizen’s tip. Nobody was around, so the police left a ransom note, offering to sell the pot back to its rightful owner. The officers left a phone…

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/space/01/15/nasa.shuttle.cocaine/index.html#cnnSTCText NASA finds cocaine in shuttle hangar // -1) {document.write(‘January 15, 2010 — Updated 0700 GMT (1500 HKT)’);} else {document.write(‘January 15, 2010 2:00 a.m. EST’);} // ]]>January 15, 2010 2:00 a.m. EST // NASA has launched an investigation after a small of amount of cocaine was found at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STORY HIGHLIGHTS…

http://www.pharmacy.uiowa.edu/news/ KCRG SPECIAL REPORT ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA Should Iowa endorse medical marijuana? Claire Kellett, KCRG anchor/reporter, created a special report on the issue which aired November 12th. Although marijuana is Iowa’s most used illegal drug, medical marijuana helps treat pain, lack of appetite, and nausea. The Iowa Board of Pharmacy believes the benefits outweigh the…

The 2009 Older Iowans Legislature enacted six (6) bills and four (4) resolutions that do NOT ask for appropriations in 2010. • OIL Bill 09-01 – (Standardization of long term care insurance policies) • OIL Bill 09-18B – (Defining elder abuse) • OIL Bill 14B – (Counseling for spouse of nursing home resident) • OIL…

JOHN MCcORMICK: All right. I’m John McCormick. I was — I am a student here at the University of Iowa. I wasn’t planning on doing a presentation today. I was here actually to take pictures of other speakers but got here a little late for people-taking pictures. Page 159 Last semester and also during the…

JIM GIERACH: Hi. Good afternoon, folks. My name is Jim Gierach. I’m an attorney from the Chicago area. I just came in. I’m suffering from jet lag a little bit, but I’m here Page 141 to talk about why cannabis should be rescheduled by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy. By way of a little bit…

BRADFORD STILES: Okay. Sorry. I’m a dentist here in Iowa City. I’ve had a dental practice since — been about 25 years now. And my reason for coming is that I — I get — completely different approach than what — you know, he’s actually somebody who’s benefiting from the use of cannabis for his…

ANTHONY HARDEN: Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Anthony Harden. I was born with cystic fibrosis, a genetic lung disease which also causes mild absorption of fats. I’ve got some pancreatic deficiencies, and I’ve got CF bone disease which my body doesn’t process calcium correctly at times. I was prescribed marijuana in 2006 by my…

LLOYD JESSEN: Can we have your name, please? DUSTIN KRUTSINGER: I’m sorry. My name is Dustin Krutsinger. I appreciate you guys having a hearing and thinking about this issue. I’m a second year medical student here at the University of Iowa. Before that I was — practiced for six years as a registered nurse in…

“I find it ridiculous that as a doctor, I’m able to prescribe dozens of medications with potent and dangerous side effects much more adverse than marijuana, which is currently illegal. Some examples of Schedule II drugs I’m currently able to prescribe are morphine, cocaine, PCP, methadone, and methamphetamine. “ Quoted from Deborah LaBeau’s speech to…

JIMMY MORRISON: My name is Jimmy Morrison, and I’d like to thank — start by thanking all of you for coming, especially the board. I really appreciate you guys doing this review. I have bipolar disorder, and right here I have a study saying — that says marijuana works for bipolar disorder. Some people may…

KEVIN LITTEN: Hello. My name is Kevin Litten. I’m a registered pharmacist in the State of Iowa. My number is 17715. I’m here to talk about how unfortunate it is that neither of the colleges of pharmacy in the state teach their students about the history and philosophy of pharmacy as some other schools do.…

LARRY QUIGLEY: My name is Larry Quigley. I’m from Cedar Falls. I’ve lived in Iowa City for a while. So I’m pro marijuana for treatment, medical treatment. I would say seven months ago I wouldn’t have been, but I have used various kinds of medications to treat lower back pan spasms, muscle tightness, tonic —…

LLOYD JESSEN: Can you please state Page Break your name. JOHN STAMLER: Yeah. My name is John Stamler. I am an ophthalmologist, M.D., and a Ph.D., and I do clinical research in ophthalmology. I know you’re going to hear a lot about other uses for medical marijuana, but I just wanted to put in a…

SEN JOE BOLKCOM: Good afternoon. My name is Joe Bolkcom. I’m a member of the Iowa Senate. I live here in Iowa City at 728 Second Avenue. Page break And I’d like to start by thanking the members of the Iowa Pharmacy Board for coming to Iowa City today to take testimony from Iowans about…

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703414504575001192775584982.html?mod=googlenews_wsj A Doctor’s Case For Legal Pot In most of my substance-abuse patients I am far more concerned about booze than marijuana. Article Comments (32) By DAVID L. NATHAN Most Americans are paying too much for marijuana. I’m not referring to people who smoke it—using the drug generally costs about as much as using alcohol.…

Jennifer Husmann, certified prevention specialist with the Area Substance Abuse Council, after quoting studies without citing the actual study or journal the studies were in. “But I am — I have an immediate family member with significant mental illness, and frankly, the idea of increased risk of mental problems in our society because of more…

“One of the benefits of marijuana that I experienced personally was the ability to make you forget. In 1978 I was subjected to an exceedingly trying personal trauma that left me depressed, anxious, suicidal partly, and this was a serious situation because I had three small children and was faced with needing to support… them.”…

LLOYD JESSEN: Welcome to the third public hearing on medical marijuana. This hearing is being held by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy pursuant to Iowa Code Section 124.201(1). I am Lloyd Jessen, the executive director of the board. With me today is one board member, Peggy Whitworth, who is a public member from Cedar Rapids,…

ANN DU BOIS: Good afternoon, Page 87 everyone. My name is Ann Du Bois, and I live in Fairfield. I want to correct a previous statement at the Des Moines hearing. I misspoke when I referred to a study published in Prevention Research Journal. What I meant to say was the journal Cancer Prevention Research…

Physicians Want More Research and Development The leading national doctors’ group has said cannabis should be classified as a medicine and called for more research into the drug’s potential. The move by the American Medical Association, the largest organization of physicians with nearly 250,000 members, urges the federal government to reschedule marijuana to a level…

www.safeaccessnow.org Americans for Safe Access is the nation’s largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. What We Do Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is the largest national member-based organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and…

http://blog.norml.org/2009/09/19/profiles-in-cannabis-dr-lester-grinspoon/ September 19th, 2009 By: Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator NORML is proud to confirm that Dr. Lester Grinspoon will be delivering the luncheon remarks (via skype) at the 2009 National Conference in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Grinspoon is Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and served for 40 years as Senior…

Sending people to jail for an innocent act when evidence reveals that the law upon which their conviction stands is fraudulent is a treasonous act in violation of the oath of office. U.S. Supreme Court, in Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 94 s Ct. 1683, 1687 (1974) stated that, “when a state officer acts…

Justice Department Tells Prosecutors to Respect State Law In a sharp departure from previous federal policy, the U.S. Department of Justice has softened its stance on medical cannabis. In a memo issued in October, the Justice Department told U.S. Attorneys that they should not expend resources prosecuting medical cannabis patients and their caregivers in states…

Conant v. Walters, 309 F.3d 629, 634 (9th Cir. 2002) (“a doctor who actually prescribes or dispenses marijuana violates federal law”). Alaska: Alaska Stat. § 17.37.010(c)(1) (2009) (“statement signed by the patient’s physician”) California: Cal Health & Saf Code § 11362.5(b)(1)(A) (2009) (“recommended by a physician”) Colorado: Colo. Const. Art. XVIII, Section 14(1)(j) (2008) (“statement…

By JEFF ECKHOFF • jeckhoff@dmreg.com • October 1,2009 Agents for Iowa’s top anti-drug police agency have been told to stop using seized narcotics to stage certain types of drug deals pending a review of their legal authority to do so, according to papers filed today in connection with a Polk County lawsuit. The Iowa Division…

MAINE: Voters OK Dispensaries, Lawmakers Tinker By almost 57% Maine voters passed a referendum expanding the state’s decade-old medical cannabis law. Voters said that they wanted to, in the words of the ballot measure, “change the medical marijuana laws to allow treatment of more medical conditions and to create a regulated system of distribution.” In…

BREAKING NEWS: Marijuana Arrests For Year 2008: 847,864 Arrests are actually down 3 percent from the previous year. Marijuana arrests equal roughly half of all drug arrests annually. September 14th, 2009 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Washington, DC: Police arrested 847,864 persons for marijuana violations in 2008, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s…