Tag: Cannabis Oil
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How Kim Reynolds Bullied Iowa City Council Members Out of Decriminalizing Marijuana
Iowa city council members who wished to decriminalize marijuana tell Iowa cannabis activists Kim Reynolds threatened to take away city funds from the state if the city council pursues marijuana decriminalization. As of today Kim Reynolds is the most unpopular governor in the country. Republicans stifling debate on a winning political issue using threats to…
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![[TRANSCRIPT] Iowa Press Roundtable March 15th 2019 Discourse Over Current Marijuana/Hemp Initiatives At Des Moines Capitol Thus Far In 2019](https://weedpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/iowa-press.jpg?w=1024)
[TRANSCRIPT] Iowa Press Roundtable March 15th 2019 Discourse Over Current Marijuana/Hemp Initiatives At Des Moines Capitol Thus Far In 2019
Click here to see the full transcript See the full discourse on YouTube below. Subscribe to the Iowa Press Channel here Yepsen: Erin, marijuana issues are in the offing up there. I have three of them. Industrial hemp, recreational use of marijuana and increasing the level of THC, the chemical that gives you the high,…
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Iowa’s Largest Grocery Store Retailer, Hy-Vee Advertises CBD For Sale On Facebook — Two Weeks Before Iowa Begins Official Sales
Retrieved from Facebook 11-17-2018 at 8:59 PM: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMillsCivicHV%2Fposts%2F2042060689168663&width=500 So while Nebraska’s Attorney General says CBD is illegal, and police in Muscatine raid people’s stores, other stores in Des Moines are selling CBD. That isn’t just tobacco outlets or convenience stores anymore but Iowa’s largest grocery retail chain. Cool story.
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Senator Paul Ryan: “There’s a lot of industrial uses for hemp that I understand from talking to Mitch McConnell is a big deal to Kentucky agriculture”
…So says Tom Angell’s Marijuana Moment, one of the if not the best sources of marijuana news nationwide.
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Timeline of Events So Far: #FreeBenton
Benton Mackenzie has been found guilty. Sentencing is August 28th. The Governor, the Supreme Court, OR the Legislature can step in and save this man’s life at any time. Here’s an attempt at explaining what has happened thus far: 2005: Iowa Supreme Court denies medical necessity defense in Bonjour v. Iowa, 694 N.W.2d 511 (Iowa…
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Benton Mackenzie trial postponed. Notes from court this morning:
9:19 am: All rise. 9:20 am: Courtroom #4 is packed to the brim. Courtroom #3 is where County Attorney’s office told me to go. Judge: Asks if defense attorney would like to address court. DA: Says Mackenzie is hallucinating, unable to sit in chair, medication on way, phone call to Charles Mackenzie has medicine on…
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Anonymous Iowan: “I don’t think it’s right for us to have to leave home just to receive proper medical care.”
Here’s a testimonial from another Iowa mother: Over 1,000 Iowans have signed this petition to support medical cannabis. If you haven’t signed yet, click this picture for link to petition. “The fact that cannabis oil has been proven to shrink and slow tumor growth is completely ignored by the government. Every day I have to…
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Iowa Medical Professional: “I see many of my patients on a long list of medications with very negative side effects. In comparison to those, cannabis is benign.”
Here’s a testimonial from a medical professional here in Iowa: Over 1,000 Iowans have signed this petition to support medical cannabis. If you haven’t signed yet, click this picture for link to petition. “I am a medical professional who has worked both in the inpatient setting and currently in the home care setting. I also…
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Army Veteran with PTSD Steps Forward: “The people of Iowa are speaking up”
Follow WeedPress on Facebook. If you’d like your story heard by legislators this next session, email me at jkarimi2007@hotmail.com, or write to me on the Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana Facebook page. You can remain anonymous if you’d like. I’ll publish your story here on WeedPress and make sure politicians see it next year. Here’s…
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November Sets New Record for WeedPress As Patients Continue to Send Letters About Their Struggles
Last month saw more media attention on the issue of medical cannabis than I’ve ever seen — and it’s mostly due to the patients that have been pushing this issue and coming forward. Senator Bolkcom said we needed to gather patient testimonials, and patients have responded since I put the call out on the Iowa…
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Rachael Selmiski Interview on Iowa Public Radio: “I know people have presented me with synthetic forms, but actually the whole plant is very beneficial”
If you missed the medical marijuana discussion on Iowa Public Radio’s River to River program this past Monday, you can either click here to listen to a recording of the show or follow WeedPress on Facebook for transcriptions of the show. Here’s Rachael Selmiski’s interview. Follow her Facebook page Miracle 4 Maggie to find out…
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![[UPDATE] After Three Weeks of Cannabis Oil, Nine Year Old Epileptic Iowan Seizure-Free For 10 Days!](https://weedpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lgs_logo.gif?w=358)
[UPDATE] After Three Weeks of Cannabis Oil, Nine Year Old Epileptic Iowan Seizure-Free For 10 Days!
Here’s an update on this nine year old’s struggle with epilepsy. After three weeks on Charlotte’s web, writes the mother, her son is showing huge progress! Here’s her letter: Update 11/15/13: “My son has been taking Charlotte’s Web in an oil form for three weeks. What we have already seen in the past few weeks…
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![[UPDATE] 48 Hours After Maggie’s First Dose of Cannabis Oil #Miracle4Maggie](https://weedpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/maggie-first-dose.jpg?w=640)
[UPDATE] 48 Hours After Maggie’s First Dose of Cannabis Oil #Miracle4Maggie
17 month old Maggie Selmeski has gotten her first dose of cannabis oil in Colorado. From TheSelmeskis.blogspot.com: “As I type, she has been on the oil for almost 48 hours. We gave her that first dose and watched with anticipation. All that we have worked for over the past few months all of the sudden…
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![[UPDATE]: 17 Month Old Iowan Needing Cannabis Oil Interviewed by Wartburg College Students on “Good Morning Waverly”](https://weedpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/good-morning-waverly.png?w=851)
[UPDATE]: 17 Month Old Iowan Needing Cannabis Oil Interviewed by Wartburg College Students on “Good Morning Waverly”
See also: 16 Month Old From Iowa Needs Low-THC Cannabis Oil For Epileptic Seizures, Says Parents Who Plan Move to Colorado Good Morning Waverly is on Facebook. From The Wartburg Circuit website: “Good Morning Waverly is produced by students in the Department of Communication Arts at Wartburg College. You can watch Good Morning Waverly live…
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