Tag: Office of Drug Control Policy
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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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Iowa Public Radio: ODCP Director Steve Lukan Incorrectly Cites Out of Date Federal Program, Encourages Iowans To Apply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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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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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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