Tag: weed
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NEW: 2025 DEA Rescheduling Hearing Timeline Schedule
A bully abusing patients walks into a legal trap.
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Marijuana For PTSD Fight Not Yet Over — Here’s Why PTSD Was Rejected In The First Place
From MedPharm Iowa on Facebook comes this explanation about both why PTSD was denied, and how a new PTSD petition to fix this arbitrary language should get PTSD passed. MedPharm Iowa 7 February at 17:20 · Unfortunately the Iowa Board of Medicine voted this morning to deny PTSD in a 3 to 4 vote. Their…
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Missouri: Charges dropped in precedent setting marijuana case
Matt Hoffman at News-Press NOW has the details. Child endangerment charges? Really Missouri? This was the first, and better be the last, time a patient with a medical card was arrested for using cannabis.
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Ankeny DMACC Tomorrow: Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Public Meeting, On Valentine’s Day At 10 AM
Upcoming Meeting Detail Title: Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board – Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Board Meeting Date: 02/14/2020 Time: 10:00 am Location: Iowa Laboratory Facility – 2240 DMACC Blvd., Ankeny, IA Agenda: 02.14.2020 Medical Cannabidiol Board Meeting Agenda Other Files: Draft Minutes: 11.01.2019 mCBD Board Meeting I guess it’s a date.
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After governor veto, Iowa House panel advances medical cannabis bill with stricter limits
CBS2Iowa’s Caroline Cummings writes this report concerning yesterday’s uninspiring marijuana news out of Des Moines.
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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 Representative Jeff Shipley’s amendment was withdrawn.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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New Technology Impacting Marijuana Industry Likely: Making CBD From Yeast, Not Marijuana Plants?
Head over to MuggleHead.com for the latest
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Iowa Senator wrote me last night to ask if medical cannabis is a ploy for full legalization. Here’s my response.
I received this email last night from a Republican in the Iowa Senate: Hi Jason- The comment I have heard most among legislators is that the “medical marijuana” issue is being used to move towards legalizing it for everyone. Is that right? What do you think?” Here’s my response: Hi xxxxxx, Thank you very much…
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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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[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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Iowa Mother of Nine Year Old Epileptic: “My son has hundreds of seizures weekly. It Is Unjust That We Have To Move In Order To Save Our Son.”
A fourth Iowa family has come forward out of the shadows, feeling the need to share their story with legislators here in Iowa. This mother pleading her case hopes that you will take the time to read and share her story. If you or anyone you know would like to anonymously share your story as…
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Ricky Williams on Weed: “Like Spinach For Popeye;” “Don’t Get in Trouble”
In an interview with Campus Insiders last month, Ricky Williams said his past weed usage was a source of strength, not a weakness: CI: “Marijuana of course got you, it was a bit of an Achilles heel, the NFL suspension. What do you tell a kid who gets busted for pot?” Williams: “I don’t agree…
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A Hijacking of State Sovereignty: Is this politics, or science?
Well, this is confusing. Minnesota activist Kurt Hanna sent the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy a petition on March 16th to remove cannabis from Schedule I. The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy is currently required to respond to this petition within 60 days under Minnesota Statute 14.09: “The state Board of Pharmacy, after consulting with the Advisory…
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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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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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