Tag: Carl Olsen
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Opening Statement
Good morning your honor. Good morning counsel. The State has not met its burden of demonstrating a compelling interest in prohibiting the Petitioner’s possession of cannabis for religious use. The State has the burden under the Iowa Religious Freedom Restoration Act to show the Petitioner’s possession of cannabis for religious use is a threat to…
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RFRA Changes The Cannabis Game; Fulfills My Prediction Religious Cannabis Constitutional Claims
Prior to RFRA state laws, I argued the first amendment right to religion would bring constitutional rulings for individuals protecting religious access to cannabis in private prayer. I think this is still the inevitable end result of cannabis litigations. There are several things to note about the RFRA.
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![Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Meeting, Friday September 15 2023 [TRANSCRIPT] [VIDEO]](https://weedpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cbd-meeting-1-757569946-e1694976751515.png?w=1024)
Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Meeting, Friday September 15 2023 [TRANSCRIPT] [VIDEO]
I missed the first part, but here is the final 55 minutes of video, audio, and transcribed text, from Friday’s meeting this month of Iowa’s medical cannabis advisory board meeting. Medical Cannabidiol Board Meeting September 15 2023 (Transcript) Owen Parker: [00:00:00] Yeah, so we’ve been able to do, like I can introduce some of the…
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I’m Petitioning Iowa’s Medical Cannabis Board To Add Flower — Here’s My Email To The Board Today
Jason Karimi <jahkingdomcome @gmail.com> 12:49 PM (0 minutes ago) to medical.cannabidiol Hi, Due to patent unfairness with out of state medical marijuana patients being allowed to use flower under existing law — see for details — I wish to petition to add flower by next meeting and have the issue added to the agenda. I’m looking for…
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Transcript of Iowa MCB Meeting Discussing SCR 101, (Federal Exemption)
https://iowamedicalmarijuana.org/iowa/mcb_2022_02_11/ [0:20:02.000] (Carl Olsen): Owen mentioned that there are three bills that got filed this week in the legislature, but they … and they would all modify this program in some way, … well one of them would just direct schools and long-term health care facilities to administer the product, … so I don’t know if that…
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Comments To Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Board About Federal EXEMPTION To Iowa Medical Cannabis Law | February 19 2021 (Comments made by Carl Olsen of Iowans for Medical Marijuana)
https://iowamedicalmarijuana.org/iowa/mcab_2021_02_19/ Medical Cannabidiol Board – February 19 2021 Carl Olsen’s Public Comments CARL OLSEN: All right, I submitted a rescheduling decision from the International Narcotics Control Board. CARL OLSEN: They have, … CARL OLSEN: The Single Convention is, … CARL OLSEN: Well, in that DEA letter that I got denying me exemption it relied on international treaty obligations. And, that was on November 10th, so like…
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DEA Response To Iowa’s Petition To Exempt Iowa State Medical Cannabis Patients From Legal Burdens, November 10 2020
To read the letter from the Drug Enforcement Administration to Iowans for Medical Marijuana founder Carl Olsen, follow this link: https://www.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/pdfs/dea-response-2020-11-10.pdf You can also download the pdf file, mirrored here at this WeedPress link: For more Iowa breaking news on marijuana advocacy efforts, follow WeedPress on Facebook.
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Marijuana Moment Reports: Iowa Officials To Seek Federal Marijuana Exemption From DEA
I told you so for ten years: Iowa will be the first state to petition for federal marijuana exemptions. Carl Olsen has spent his entire life’s work to make this thing work the way it is intended. Even when government officials are thoroughly incompetent, this story shows a citizen can always keep government in check.…
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Yesterday’s Iowa CBD Advisory Board Meeting: The Best Legal Weapon For The National Marijuana Movement In 2020?
Want to legalize marijuana? Want to legalize it the right way? Want to fix federal interference with state laws? Then listen to this: our work here in Iowa, which has taken over a decade, has convinced the State of Iowa to take on the federal government over marijuana legalization. No longer will marijuana advocates be…
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Iowa Cannabis Advocate Files Petition for agency action concerning House File 2589 and Iowa Code Chapter 124E
THE LATEST: Iowa Cannabis Advocate Files Petition for agency action concerning House File 2589 and Iowa Code Chapter 124E This was expected, and, is very well written. The latest petition aims to prevent and correct seriously epic errors of law concerning federal funding (errors only a legislative body could be so stupid as to expect…
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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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Iowa Cannabis Advisory Board Meeting, Valentine’s Day 2020, Part 1 [VIDEO]
Runtime: 2 hours 18 minutes Part 2 here:
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Administrative Petition For Federal Exemption To Marijuana Laws Filed With Iowa Department of Health
Carl Olsen’s nationally ground shattering work continues. Relentless. The most important work on marijuana in the country in my opinion, and that’s no joke. Weed all about it here in Carl’s latest petition at Iowa Medical Marijuana: https://iowamedicalmarijuana.org/cases/olsen-dea-2019.html Petition for Federal Exemption Saturday, September 21, 2019 BEFORE THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Petition by…
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Multiple Iowa Legislators Promise Bipartisan Work In 2020 To Send Official Letter to Federal Government to Respect State Medical Marijuana Laws In 2020 And Remove Schedule I
In what appears to be a major breakthrough in understanding marijuana policy, a proposal to draft and vote on an important resolution in 2020 was vocalized by Democrats and Republicans in the Iowa Senate during final discussion on the latest expansion to the five year old medical cannabidiol program in the state of Iowa. Here’s…
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Inside MedPharm Iowa’s New Des Moines Marijuana Grow Facility | PHOTOS
Fancy doohickeys and shiny labcoat technicians abound at the new $10 million marijuana grow facility from the Colorado and Des Moines based company Medpharm Iowa.
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Iowa Rastafari Cannabis Sacrament: Update 11 From Carl Olsen Fighting For Right To Access Low-THC Cannabis For Sacramental Use
Update found a: https://www.gofundme.com/rastafari-cannabis-sacrament?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-153850176225-a6fd215d16f3436b&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cta_button&utm_campaign=upd_n Rastafari Cannabis Sacrament Share Tweet 165 shares Update 11 Posted by Carl Olsen 3 days ago Share These things get complicated quickly. The state moved to dismiss, we resisted and amended our complain, the state resisted, and we just filed our reply to the state’s resistance, which you can read…
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This Recent Article From Carl-Olsen.com Explains Case Law
Carl Olsen has knocked it out of the park. Send this man some money. This is word for word the most concise review of why Iowa’s medical program is not in violation of federal law (absent the dispensary application language). From Has Murphy v NCAA changed anything?: Has Murphy v NCAA changed anything? Posted onMay…
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“The Governor supports medical cannabis, because that is the official position of his administration”
While Governor Branstad understandably opposes loosely regulated states like California, Branstad’s administration officially supports medical cannabis. If that confuses you, read on. Longtime cannabis activist Carl Olsen opines: George McMahon is one of two Iowans who legally use medical cannabis. George is pictured here outside of the Board hearing in Mason City, Iowa, as he…
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Iowans who spoke at the 2009 Des Moines medical marijuana hearing before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy
The following is a list of Iowans who spoke at the 2009 Iowa Board of Pharmacy Hearing on medical cannabis in Des Moines, Iowa. See also: These are the Iowans who spoke at the 2009 Iowa City medical marijuana hearing before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy October 7, 2009 Reported by Sue Ann Jones, CSR,…
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![[Transcript] Benton Mackenzie Request for Waiver — Iowa Board of Pharmacy Hearing, November 6, 2013](https://weedpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cannabis-cancer-cure.jpg?w=267)
[Transcript] Benton Mackenzie Request for Waiver — Iowa Board of Pharmacy Hearing, November 6, 2013
Benton Mackenzie petitioned the Iowa Board of Pharmacy for an exemption to Iowa’s criminal laws against cannabis. WeedPress followers will recall Benton’s arrest for growing cannabis to cure his own cancer. The Quad City Times Editorial Board wrote an article calling for the charges against Benton to be dropped. Benton hoped the Iowa Board of…
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Carl Olsen Wins in Court Again Against Iowa Board of Pharmacy; Trial Set for January 4th
From Carl Olsen’s blog: Polk County Iowa District Court Judge Scott Rosenberg ruled against the Iowa Board of Pharmacy’s motion to dismiss today in Carl Olsen v. Iowa Board of Pharmacy, No. CVCV045505. Reasoning that failure of the board to advise the legislature annually, as required by Iowa law, was an ongoing injury capable of…
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Lawsuit Against State of Iowa Challenges Constitutionality of Controlled Substances Act
This June, Carl Olsen filed a lawsuit against the State of Iowa for failure to remove cannabis from Schedule I. Read the lawsuit here. After asking for an extra 30 days to reply to the lawsuit’s constitutional allegations against the State of Iowa, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office filed a motion to dismiss the case.…
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Iowa Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Update: Attorney General’s Office Files Motion to Dismiss
After a lawsuit was filed against the state of Iowa for failure to remove marijuana from Schedule I as a matter of law, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller responded this last week by filing a Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit. Read the Motion to Dismiss here. Bob Manke, one of the patients involved in this…
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Iowa ACLU Response to Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Against State of Iowa
I wrote the ACLU last week to request that they intervene in the lawsuit that was recently filed against the state of Iowa. Weed All About the lawsuit here. Today, ACLU Legal Director Randall Wilson responded to the request: < “I don’t think Carl’s current lawsuit against the Board of Pharmacy has any legs. …
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Cannabis Rescheduling Coalition Petition Federal Brief Filed Today: Demands DEA Update Their Science!
Longtime marijuana activist Carl Olsen, recently granted standing to intervene in the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis Petition case against the DEA, has just filed his response in federal court. In his brief, Olsen slammed the DEA by introducing new evidence into the record, arguing that the DEA is unlawfully interfering with state sovereignty. Olsen stated…
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BREAKING NEWS: Iowans for Medical Marijuana Retires, Announces Work Complete
Iowans for Medical Marijuana has officially announced the end of their organization. Earlier today, Carl Olsen of Iowans for Medical Marijuana released this announcement: Greetings, This is our official announcement. Iowans for Medical Marijuana is done. After 20 years, Iowans for Medical Marijuana is announcing we have finished our work here. In 2006, we formally…
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Tonight: Carl’s Cannabis Corner
Carl’s Cannabis Corner Carl’s Cannabis Corner – Sunday, July 10, 2011: My guest this week is Jason Karimi, Author of Weed Press. July 10, 2011 – Carl talks with Jason Karimi about the July 8, 2011 Drug Enforcement Administration final ruling on the Cannabis Rescheduling Petition:So, how do we know when the benefits have finally…
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Carl Olsen Explains Motion to Intervene in Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis
Carl Olsen has been a busy, busy man. I wrote recently about Carl Olsen’s motion to intervene in the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis rescheduling petition. Olsen explained what he is seeking to accomplish by intervening in the petition today. The short of it is this: the CRC is sick of waiting on the DEA to…
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Lawsuit Filed Against State of Iowa Yesterday. Weed All About It!
Yesterday, I had the humbling experience of serving someone for the first time. No, I didn’t serve dinner. I served a lawsuit. The defendant: The State of Iowa. The Board of Pharmacy hearings were initiated with a lawsuit. The Iowa Legislature has stalled long enough at the expense of sick Iowa Patients. Why is the…
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Carl Olsen Files Motion to Intervene in Cannabis Coalition’s Rescheduling Petition
Interesting. Recently, Medical Marijuana Advocates Have Filed Suit Over Delay of Response to Rescheduling Petition in order to force the Obama Administration to respond to a petition to reclassify medical marijuana. The petition by the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, which has been pending since 2002 and received a formal recommendation by the Department of Health…
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Global Marijuana March review, and other news…what a week!
I spoke at the Des Moines Global Marijuana March 2011 this past Saturday, and wow, what a busy week it’s been! Since then, Maryland has passed a medical defense bill, and Delaware’s governor has made Delaware the 16th medical marijuana state! On top of that, exciting news from Washington…more on that later. Here’s some highlights…
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4/20 Rally at Washington DC
There is a rally going on! If there’s ever an example of how much one activist can accomplish with an idea, then is it. I first became aware of this march back when the facebook page for Overgrow the Government. Here’s some information from The rally’s website. Welcome to the official Overgrow the Government website!…
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More information: Lynnice Wedewer, cannabis cancer patient
I’ve posted some of Lynnice’s recent media interviews on here before. Now, she has her own website! Check it out…lots of information. Lynnice plans on speaking at the 2011 Iowa Global Marijuana march. For more information, check the Facebook age for the event! As always, I’ll post about what happens on May 7th here on…
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SSDP’s Justin Kander: Man cures cancer with cannabis successfully
I met Justin in Washington DC in early February while attending CPAC 2011 to volunteer for Governor Gary Johnson. Justin has established himself as a respectable activist in Maryland. Here’s his guest column in the The Diamondback Online from the University of Maryland. Diamondbackonline.com article . The Diamondback > Opinion Guest column: Alternate treatment By…
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Weed’s the next big economic boom. Everyone selling weed is broke. What’s going on?
Two recent media articles have given me some food for thought. Let me know what you think. Something isn’t adding up… No money to be made? Tons of money to be made? Definitely does not add up. We’re broke as a country. How does this make you feel? Send comments to jkarimi2007@hotmail.com.
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Action needed by Friday!
The Senate Human Resources now has only until Friday, March 4 to act on the bill, before we have to wait until next January to try to move it again. Please, will you use this action link to write to all the members of the committee, and tell your story about how medical marijuana has…
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Carl’s Cannabis Corner, January 23, 2011
http://blip.tv/file/4673441 My guest is Jason Karimi, Author of WeedPress Blog .We will discuss efforts to find a sponsor for medical marijuana legislation in Iowa, as well as Jason’s role in co-founding Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana and the effort to establish a Board of Directors for the organization. We will also discuss: SSB 1016 –…
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Iowa State Police Association Lobbying for Removal of Marijuana From Schedule I
While looking at lobbyist declarations for the Iowa Board of Pharmacy’s SSB 1016 (removal of marijuana from schedule I to two to recognize “medically accepted use in the United States”), I saw something interesting: the Iowa State Police Association, previously “Undecided,” is now “For” the bill. Senate Study Bill 1016, this year’s annual Iowa Board…
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