Tag: Cannabis 2020
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Des Moines Register: “In decades as an Iowa warden, I learned how mandatory sentences, ill-considered programs and more keep inmates and prisons from success”
Writes former prison warden John Mathes in today’s Des Moines Register: “My recommendation is to decriminalize simple possession of marijuana and implement a system of regulating, licensing, and taxing this like we do for alcohol.” Read the full article here in today’s Des Moines Register (Monday, August 17th, 2020). It has 8 policy proposals or…
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Updates to Medical Cannabidiol Act 2020 | Carl-Olsen.com
https://carl-olsen.com/2020/05/updates-to-medical-cannabidiol-act-2020 Posted on May 25, 2020 Updates to Medical Cannabidiol Act 2020 Dear Legislators, I am writing regarding pending legislation requiring the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) to request guarantees that federal funding will not be withheld from state educational and long-term care facilities that allow the use of medical cannabidiol consistent with chapter…
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Glowing Reviews For MedPharm Iowa Employees, Staff Angels [REVIEWS]
Iowans have been leaving some glowing feedback over the years for the staff and front-line healthcare workers at Iowa’s medical cannabis dispensaries. MedPharm has also been epicly and relentlessly killing it in the advocacy and educational realms! Here’s a truly insightful collection of some reviews from cannabis end users left here on MedPharm’s public Facebook…
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Action Happening Now: Eight Amendments Filed, House Debate Calendar Schedule Show Cannabis Bill On Deck
Here is my summary of the eight amendments filed this morning. The House is currently debating medical cannabis bills. You can find your representative to contact and urge a yes vote on whatever Kim Reynolds dictator like statehouse claims is morally correct here this year. These amendments are for House File 2589. The following…
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Proposed Medical Cannabis Changes Worry Some Iowa Patients
Iowa Public Radio covers an Iowa patient’s story of getting her life back through the medical cannabis program. If some proposed legal changes take effect at the statehouse this year, says IPR, Iowan Wendy Shoemaker’s dose will be interfered with. Important nod to Lucas Nelson of Medpharm Iowa’s citation of Conant v Walters (prohibiting…
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Iowa Marijuana Bills And Rules Update: 2-21-20
New Action based on your list: Marijuana example. You requested to be notified of the following actions or changes to your watched bills and rules: Legislation SF 2363 A bill for an act relating to the medical cannabidiol Act, and including transition provisions. (Formerly SSB 3136.) 02/21/2020 Document was tied to topic(s) – Autism, Drugs,…
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Iowa Marijuana Bills And Rules Update: 2-20-20
New Action based on your list: Marijuana . You requested to be notified of the following actions or changes to your watched bills and rules: Legislation SF 2350 A bill for an act providing for regulation by employers and other entities of the use of marijuana and derivatives thereof. (Formerly SSB 3188.) 02/20/2020 Document was…
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Cannabis Jobs [The Top 10 Highest-Paying Positions]
This isn’t clickbait, and actually has excellent insights. Interested in working in the industry? Cannabis is still illegal under federal law, but, here’s the opportunities in this growing industry here courtesy of Marijuana Break.
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Iowa Republicans Promote New Law Targeting Legal Cannabis Patients Employment
Iowa medical cannabis patients already face enough problems in their daily lives, but now, they may have to face them while unemployed. Quad City Times Capitol Digest has the details: WORKPLACE MARIJUANA RESTRICTIONS: Senate Republicans advanced a proposal that would state an employer’s right to regulate marijuana use by its employees. The proposal passed…
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Iowa Marijuana Bills And Rules Update: 2-19-20
Legislation HF 2431 A bill for an act eliminating controlled, counterfeit, simulated, imitation, and precursor substance-related criminal offenses and including effective date provisions. 02/18/2020 Document was tied to topic(s) – Addictions, Controlled substances, Criminal law, Drug dealer taxes, Drug stamps, Drug trafficking, Drugs, Excise taxes, Marijuana, Narcotics, Substance abuse, Taxation 02/18/2020 Introduced, referred to Public…
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[TRANSCRIPT] Iowa Cannabidiol Advisory Board Meeting, Full Transcript, 2-14-20
Iowa Cannabis Advisory Board Meeting, Valentine’s Day 2020, Part 1 Runtime: 2 Hours 18 Minutes Unofficial transcript prepared by Jason Karimi Audio and video originally provided by MedPharm Iowa’s Facebook LiveStream. Backup of this video is available here: https://weedpress.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/iowa-cannabis-advisory-board-meeting-valentines-day-2020-part-1-video/ Moderator: Let’s take a roll call here. Dr. Cheyne? Dr. Liesveld? Dr. Liesveld: Here. Dr.…
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Iowa Capital Dispatch: Senator Zaun Going For The ‘Gusto’ On Cannabis Advancements In 2020
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2020/02/18/senator-im-going-for-the-gusto-on-medical-cannabidiol-update/?fbclid=IwAR0MNEdGWA8hjhD6W406mRkUl_o74jV2zGv_PcHCOusfKaWIwwNRvlSBY-s
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Iowa Mom: DHS Taking Children From CBD Users, Marijuana Patients Should Be Top Priority In 2020
Here’s a note dropped in a patient group recently that should be read by orgs and supporters working on the issue. For more on the issue read: Soldiers are not the only ones who suffer from PTSD, I need to make that clear. Domestic violence survivors have PTSD especially when they were mentally abused.…
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Iowa Marijuana Bills And Rules Update: 2-14-2020
New Action based on your list: Marijuana . You requested to be notified of the following actions or changes to your watched bills and rules: Legislation HSB 609 A bill for an act relating to controlled substances, including amending the controlled substance schedules, removing certain references to marijuana, making penalties applicable, and including effective date…
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Today’s Ankeny DMACC Hearing On Cannabis Program Has Faulty Video Due To WiFi Not Working
Technology issues today making putting video out there a bit harder. This is why it’s always/usually recommended activists bring a separate non-internet relying video camera to record, and a second backup device for audio in case the video doesn’t work. Sometimes people are nervous about bringing those items to hearings like this, and they should…
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Iowa Marijuana Bills And Rules Update: 2-11-2020
New Action based on your list: Marijuana example. You requested to be notified of the following actions or changes to your watched bills and rules: Legislation HSB 609 A bill for an act relating to controlled substances, including amending the controlled substance schedules, removing certain references to marijuana, making penalties applicable, and including effective date…
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Could Someone Tell Brad Zaun Et Al To Stop Claiming He Represents Marijuana, Thanks
Iowa senators who move the needle on the marijuana narrative like this clearly aren’t listening to pot advocates. Brad Zaun claims 25 grams of THC is some kind of swing for the fences. Whatever happened to people standing up for what’s right, instead of what’s politically convenient? There are zero principled legislators at the 2020…
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Senator Tom Greene implores Iowa to allow patients to use medical cannabis, notes use will be limited to certain Iowans
“Let the prescriber decide the dose, not the politicians,” says the Senator in today’s Iowa Standard. Senator Greene should know…his day job is being a pharmacist. Read the full article here in The Iowa Standard.
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Resources For Talking To Iowa Lawmakers About Marijuana In 2020
Source: http://www.rampgop.org/resources/ Use some of these excellent resources when speaking with your your lawmakers. Do Harsh Penalties for Marijuana Possession Reduce Teen Use? (PDF) Report by Marijuana Policy Project. The War on Marijuana in Black and White (PDF). Report by the American Civil Liberties Union. At the end of this document, there is a state-by-state…
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Medical Marijuana Will Not Expand Unless We Talk About Full Legalization At Same Time To Keep Pressure On
According to today’s marijuana press conference on legalization in Minnesota
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Minnesota Legislative Priorities For 2020
Copying and pasting full text from Sensible Change Minnesota here, for my own future reference. This is really well done. https://changemn.org/2020/02/03/sensible-change-minnesota-2020-legislative-agenda/?fbclid=IwAR1I0bB-awcvmFcfz0DzEZmBI4GWkd6WWEHGPdU8tqJH4JZGtJSv3iovcjs Sensible Change Minnesota’s Advocacy Committee is excited to share our Agenda for 2020! Medical Cannabis Improve Patient Access & Affordability Provide that any cannabis product, including raw cannabis flower produced by a Minnesota…
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2020 Allamakee County Attorney: CBD Is Still Illegal In 2020 In Iowa According To Attorney General Of Iowa
https://www.waukonstandard.com/articles/2020/01/08/2020-allamakee-county-attorney-report 2020 Allamakee County Attorney Report Submitted by Allamakee County Attorney Anthony Gericke Having completed my first year as Allamakee County Attorney, I felt an update to the county on the current state of this office should be an annual part of my duties as an elected official. The three most often asked questions I…
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