Tag: des moines register
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Des Moines Register: Des Moines’ marijuana enforcement proposal needs more input, officials say
This doesn’t look too good for Des Moines police public relations here. The Des Moines City manager, however, as well as lawyer Gary Dickey, are on point. From this Des Moines Register article today: The resolution forming the task force promised a Des Moines Police Department official would be made available for consultation as needed.…
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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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Analysis: Commercially Marketed CBD Products Often Tainted with THC
WeedPress special note: Cedar Rapids illegal CBD products at the Corner Store Apothecary are a minor yet obnoxious personal problem in Iowa. Not only can the products sold over the counter at Corner Store Apothecary actually get illegal CBD users in trouble with law enforcement, DHS can also take their kids, probation can violate…
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Kim Reynolds Visited Medpharm Iowa Last Week
Here’s some of the media coverage. First article was most popular on Facebook. KSCJ 94.9 FM REYNOLDS WILL NOT SUPPORT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA IN IOWA Reynolds toured the MedPharm Iowa facility in Des Moines this past week. The company grows and manufacturers the marijuana-infused products that are sold legally in Iowa as treatment for a limited…
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Des Moines Register: People Of Color Get Harsh Marijuana Convictions While Mayors Walk With Community Service
Writes Rekha Basu in today’s Register: “Each Kennedy got only two years of probation and 100 hours of community service. If they comply with the terms of the deferred judgment, a 10-year sentence will not appear on their records. I’m not sorry they caught a break. Marijuana use at some level is legal in most states but still…
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Representative Kenan Judge: “I was proud to vote for improved access to medical cannabis”
Des Moines Register has the details: Judge: Ensuring Iowa has strong housing market is key to economic success “I was proud to vote for improved access to medical cannabis. The bill passed almost unanimously in the House. This updated bill includes provisions for someone with chronic illness to have greater access to medical cannabis, and…
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State Representative Dan Huseman Applauds 96-3 Cannabidiol Vote, Says House Is Following Advisory Board Advice While Advisory Board Pot Doc Dr. Wendy Zadeh Resigns In Protest
This is truly interesting. A seemingly innocent issue of miscommunication seems to have lead an Iowa marijuana doctor to resign from the marijuana advisory board, a sad loss, as Dr. Zadeh is well respected in the medical community in the Des Moines area and beyond. Representative Dan Huseman said the House took advice from the…
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Bleeding Heartland Had An Interesting Insight On Representative Jeff Shipley’s Body Language From House File 732 Discussion
Read “Iowa House Approves Small Step On Medical Cannabis” in yesterday’s Bleeding Heartland: “EVERYONE TOLD ME NOT TO DO IT” House File 732 might not have come to a vote at all. Republican State Representative Jeff Shipley had offered his own amendment, which would have added a dozen new qualifying medical conditions and redefined “medical…
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Here’s All The Coverage From MedPharm Iowa’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony | Quote of the Week: “I just can’t understand how people don’t want to help”
This quote from Erin Miller is my personal favorite. Here’s the key media coverage of this week’s historical landmark in Iowa cultural history: Advocates look on as ribbon cut on first Iowa medical marijuana production facility Nelson says those who pushed to make a change in Iowa that lived to see it — and those…
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Iowa Medical Cannabis Board Recommends State Allow Nurses To Certify Medical Marijuana Applications
Full story isn’t out yet but check this out from the Des Moines Register.
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Libertarian Party of Iowa Responds To Kim Reynolds: “Libertarian emphasis on oft-ignored themes like criminal justice reform will bring balance to the political force”
LPIA Statement Following Debate Snubbing: Those Hurt Most Are “Less Conventional Political Activists Who Have Long Lived Without Any Representation” No details yet as to how the major-party status party plans to maneuver from this strategic setback for the Jake Porter campaign Follow Jake Porter’s updates on this story at https://jakeporter.org/ https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIowaPatience%2Fposts%2F10156679794996779&width=500 https://twitter.com/jsnsoc8
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WeedPress Breaking News: Construction on Iowa Medical Cannabis Dispensary Reportedly Begins In Davenport For Seattle Based “Have A Heart” Medical Cannabidiol Dispensary — Here’s What The Five Dispensaries Will Look Like When Done
A neighbor in the neighborhood reports that construction on the Seattle owned dispensary has begun in Davenport, Iowa: https://qconline.com/business/firm-gets-davenport-medical-marijuana-dispensary-license/article_25ed85e7-56ba-543b-93bb-4f21d36692ec.html Have a Heart Compassion Care was offered licenses to operate in Council Bluffs and Davenport. Iowa Cannabis Company would operate in Waterloo. Have a Heart officials told The Quad-City Times it plans to renovate the former…
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#ActionAlert May 10th Court Hearing In The Matter Of Property (0% THC CBD food supplements) Seized From Carrie Bluml By Carroll Police Department’s JJ Schreck (aka Lori Campbell? lol)
From Iowa Courts Online: Title: IN THE MATTER OF PROPERTY SEIZED FROM CARRIE BLUML Case: 02141 SPCV039953 (CARROLL) Citation Number: Event Filed By Filed Create Date Last Updated Action Date ORDER SETTING HEARING NEU A ERIC 04/24/2018 04/25/2018 04/25/2018 Comments: SEIZED PROPERTY 05/10/2018 09:30 AM MAG. From Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana: Facebook event:…
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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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Legislative Session Underway: Top Cannabis Stories Around the State
I haven’t posted in over a week now as I’ve been spending most of my time on the phone or computer talking with people. This activism thing is a full time job these days, with no pay, little to no thanks, and a lot of headaches. I love this job. Here’s some of my favorite…
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West Des Moines Mayor’s Wife on Iowa Public Radio: “None of these children will ever drive a car or fly an airplane. They just need help for their seizures.”
Meet Steve and Sally Gaer. The Gaer family. Photo source: http://www.gaerformayor.com Steve Gaer is the Mayor of West Des Moines. Steve and Sally attended last night’s medical cannabis discussion at the downtown Des Moines Public Library (see Channel 5 News coverage of the event here.) Last Monday, Sally Gaer called into Iowa Public Radio’s River…
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Iowa Public Radio: ODCP Director Steve Lukan Incorrectly Cites Out of Date Federal Program, Encourages Iowans To Apply
Apparently Governor Branstad isn’t the only one who can’t get his facts straight on medical cannabis. Listeners of this past Monday’s River to River program on Iowa Public Radio heard a very heated discussion. Steve Lukan, Director of the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, admitted that medical cannabis is needed for the people of…
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Des Moines Register article on Health Vs. Culture War: Denying Epileptic Children Cannabis is “Immoral”
Rekha Basu has an article out in the Des Moines Register today about marijuana and epilepsy. From — When Marijuana is About Health, Not a Culture War: “Maria La France, a Des Moines mother and small-business owner who doesn’t use drugs, wishes she could legally get her hands on marijuana for her 12-year-old son —…
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Medical Marijuana Legislation Reintroduced in Iowa — Contact Your Legislators!
http://www.capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=31260511 Action Alert Medical Marijuana Legislation Reintroduced In Iowa Legislation that seeks to legalize the physician-supervised use of medical marijuana was reintroduced this week in the Iowa legislature. The bill received subcommittee approval on Thursday, February 24, but must clear Senate Human Resources Committee next week before the March 4 deadline. You can contact the…
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