Tag: iowa medical marijuana
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A Quicker Way To Get Your Iowa Medical Cannabis Card
Need a medical card and don’t have a doctor? Here’s the solution I built. Step 1: go to my group page at Facebook, Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana Step 2: click the group tab and request to join the group “Iowa Medical Cannabis Community” Once in the group, 7,000 vetted Iowans will help you find…
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MedPharm Iowa Announces New Products PLUS 20% Price Cut For High THC Vapes
Check out this new medicinal marijuana product from MedPharm Iowa. New to Iowa, better tasting, Colorado favorite brand “Batch” has now made it’s way to Iowa — and the cost is reduced from $100 a gram to $80 a gram too. Check out the full ad here: https://www.batchextracts.com/iowa#launch
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Iowa’s Medical Marijuana Program Sees 44% Increase In New Patients In Past 12 Months
Details here courtesy of Radio Iowa. Noteworthy: inhalable marijuana products accounts for 51% of Iowa marijuana industry sales.
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Medical cannabidiol dispensary opens in Iowa City
KCRG: Iowa Cannabis Company is located at 382 Highway 1 in Iowa City. Todd Johnson, the store’s manager, said the difference between their business and CBD stores is that their products have more THC. Click this link to read the full story over at KCRG.
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Out Of 5200 Iowa Patients Granted License To Use Marijuana, 68% Don’t Return To Iowa’s Cannabis Dispensaries (Allegedly)
Going to source this one but was wondering myself: how many people are actually dropping out of the Iowa program? Turns out, 2/3rds. From John Fenner, who both attended the Valentine’s Day CBD Advisory Board hearing and was featured on the news for doing so comes this insight. This post was made while John…
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Iowa Postpones PTSD Addition Until Iowa Board Of Medicine Meets February 7th
From the Iowa Board of Medicine Facebook page: So as seen above, the Board of Medicine has PTSD and ID with self harming/aggression on the February 22nd agenda. Their website doesn’t have the agenda for February published yet. To see the agenda and news coverage of the important February meeting, which will ultimately decide the…
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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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Illinois Vets Can Treat PTSD With Cannabis. Friday Vote To Add PTSD To Iowa Cannabis Program Should Pass Too, Says Senator Bolkcom
Follow Senator Joe Bolkcom on Facebook. Friday is in two days. Have you emailed the Board yet? Senator Bolkcom writes on his Facebook below, Illinois’ medical cannabis program is separate from their recreational program because they want to make sure it will continue if the recreational program is repealed in the future. “Along with…
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Immediate Call To Action From Senator Bolkcom — Please Email Iowa Advisory Board Before Friday November 1st To Support PTSD
The Veterans Administration’s position on medical marijuana is no longer terrible. Time for Iowa to catch up to the rest of the country. More from the Veterans Administration: “Veteran participation in state marijuana programs does not affect eligibility for VA care and services. VA providers can and do discuss marijuana use with Veterans as part…
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Representative Axne Visited Iowa’s Marijuana Cultivation And Manufacturing Facility Yesterday
MedPharm Iowa Page Liked · 1 hr · A big thank you to Rep Axne for visiting our cultivation and manufacturing facility yesterday! We were happy to share our process and promote the progress of Iowa’s medical cannabis program. We appreciate that our representatives are open to the discussion. We look forward to working together…
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Iowa Marijuana Dispensaries Now Accept Debit Cards | Credit Cards Not Accepted “Until Federal Restrictions Removed”
MedPharm Iowa has the latest From their Facebook page 15 minutes ago: Big news! We are now accepting debit cards at both of our dispensaries! 💳 🌱 As you may know, it is very difficult for cannabis companies to accept card payments due to federal restrictions. It has taken us longer than expected,…
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We Are Iowa Video: Lawyer Advice On Medical Marijuana And Employee/Employer Rights Under New Law
See below for the details. 3 https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWeAreIowa%2Fvideos%2F2218030598447508%2F&show_text=0&width=560
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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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Radio Iowa Covers Near Unanimous House Vote Advancing Medical Marijuana, Loosening Restrictions On Iowa’s Program
Yet again the Iowa Legislature rammed a bill through quickly and quietly without public input, as they deem themselves Most High and issue decrees from Queen Upmeyer atop her throne of hypocrisy and uniform ignorance Read about the latest circus stunt from the Legislature after their 96 for, 3 against vote here courtesy of Radio…
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Here’s The Imperfect Medical Marijuana Bill Passed At The Statehouse Today After Six Years Of Work
Uploading video to YouTube so you can watch the full discourse for yourself and make up your own mind. Thanks for following WeedPress on Facebook. Today’s vote was nearly unanimous. House File 732 had various amendments offered. Representative Jeff Shipley’s amendment was withdrawn. He spoke about being confused as to why marijuana is controversial, that…
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“Medical Marijuana Goes On Sale” | The Gazette Top Ten Stories 2018
Top ten? Only top ten of the year? Thought we could at least hit the Final Four.
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Transcript from Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board Hearing August 3rd 2018 Ankeny Iowa [TRANSCRIPT]
This is an unofficial transcript, first draft. Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board Hearing Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board Hearing August 3rd 2018 Part 1 etc August 3rd, 2018 Ankeny Iowa Part 1 https://www.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/Iowa/MCAB_2018_08_03_1. Moderator: Here’s when I think we’ll go ahead and get started. I officially call to order the August 3rd 2018 Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Advisory…
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Tour Iowa’s New Medical Marijuana Dispensary From The Comfort Of Your Home With This 22 Minute Tour Guide Of The Windsor Heights Dispensary And Product Lines [VIDEO]
This video comes from MedPharm Iowa on Facebook live yesterday. I recorded it along with the comments. The most important part for patients here is the instructions on titrated dosing. Stop into MedPharm’s dispensaries or the other companies throughout Iowa to get more information, including handouts with instructions, on how to use CBD for the…
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Tomorrow is the first day of legal marijuana. Here are the latest numbers from the Iowa Medical CBD program — how many patients registered as of 11-30-2018
Eric Winistorfer shared a link. New Member · Just now Numbers update: Talked with Mr Mayer at IDPD today and I asked him how applications have been approved since there are conflicting numbers being reported. Right now there are 663 active applicants (people with actual cards) with 350 waiting..meaning applications have been approved by IDPH…
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PHOTO: New Medical Marijuana Dispensary In Windsor Heights Iowa “Coming Along Nicely”
MedPharm Iowa Cannabis Dispensary Construction “Coming Along Nicely,” Says Group Medical cannabis dispensary signage in Windsor Heights announces end of marijuana debate, beginning of federally compliant medical program for Iowa despite patient criticism
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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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Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Has No Merit
Political stunts mocking the integrity of the judicial system. Who’da thunk it possible… Recently, Arizona’s Governor filed a lawsuit against the federal government, claiming that she is “concerned” that state workers could end up in legal trouble federally for implementing Arizona’s medical marijuana program. It’s definitely not because she opposed Proposition 203 in the first…
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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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What Iowa’s Medical Marijuana bill says
Just read through the bill at Iowa’s Legislative Tracking website. Here’s the highlights: For patients with cancer, glaucoma, HIV, Hep C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s (ibs), Alzheimer’s, nail patella, chronic pain, cachexia or wasting syndrome (severe nausea) and seizures, including but not limited to epilepsy. Is not more than two and one-half ounces of usable;…


