Tag: WeedPress
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Cannabis Movement Ending Era Of Personalities
The cannabis world is structurally changing. It’s moving away from informal, personality-driven, relationship-based influence and toward: 1. compliance-heavy operations 2. institutional capital 3. audited finances 4. federal-facing regulatory posture 5. documentation, transparency, and risk controls That shift favors people and organizations that are: 1. procedurally clean 2. boring in a good way 3. compliance-literate 4.…
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Truck Drivers Can Use Cannabis Under Schedule 3 Absent Policy Interventions
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/drug-testing-industry-group-is-sounding-the-alarm-about-marijuana-rescheduling-as-trump-plans-action/ I’m now a solo advocate and quit representing other people as the entire weed movement and all its groups desire criminality, rebellion, and cool kid ego games and I can’t do it any longer. When I say that, as cannabis advocates, we cannot unleash regulations that don’t respect public health and safety, or programs…
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FDA Says Iowa’s Medical Marijuana Law Doesn’t Risk Federal Funds For Academic Institutions
POLITICS FDA Says Iowa’s Medical Marijuana Law Doesn’t Risk Federal Funds For Academic Institutions https://www.marijuanamoment.net/fda-says-iowas-medical-marijuana-law-doesnt-risk-federal-funds-for-academic-institutions/
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How Kim Reynolds Bullied Iowa City Council Members Out of Decriminalizing Marijuana
Iowa city council members who wished to decriminalize marijuana tell Iowa cannabis activists Kim Reynolds threatened to take away city funds from the state if the city council pursues marijuana decriminalization. As of today Kim Reynolds is the most unpopular governor in the country. Republicans stifling debate on a winning political issue using threats to…
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Petition To South Dakota Legislature Senate And House Leadership
Copy To: President of the South Dakota Senate Copy to: Speaker of the South Dakota House This petition is submitted pursuant to: South Dakota Constitution 0N-6-4§ 4: § 4. Right of petition and peaceable assembly. The right of petition, and of the people peaceably to assemble to consult for the common good and make known their opinions, shall never be abridged.…
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DEA Brief in Iowaska Healing Church Iowa Lawsuit July 2025
Download the DEA brief at the above link. Case concerns an ayahuasca church demanding religious exemption to use ayahuasca in ceremony as their sacrament. Interesting brief.
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Olsen v. DEA, 878 F.2d 1458, 1461 (D.C. Cir. 1989)
The DEA’s contention that Congress directed the Administrator automatically to turn away all churches save one opens a grave constitutional question. A statutory exemption authorized for one church alone, and for which no other church may qualify, presents a “denominational preference” not easily reconciled with the establishment clause. See Larson v. Valente, 456 U.S. 228, 245,…
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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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Senator John Thune: Federal Solution To State Medical Marijuana Laws In Hands Of State, Not Congress
Senator John Thune’s office had me come install a TV mount for them and while there I asked a question. I got a letter in response that wasn’t a form letter at all. Below is the recording I made of my phone call to the state Attorney Generals office. I am also contacting the governor…
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Notice To State Officials: stop forcing South Dakotans to violate federal drug law to participate in medical cannabis program
April 17, 2025 VACANT VACANTANY STREETANY TOWN, Iowa 55555 HF 990 and HF 995 – Medical Cannabidiol Dear Representative VACANT, House File 990 / House File 995 (Medical Cannabidiol) House File 990 and House File 995 are on the House Debate Calendar today 4/17/2025. Please stop forcing Iowans to violate federal drug law to participate in this program. Use of…
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Standing Granted In Religious Cannabis Lawsuit
A case I’m working on for a religious cannabis lawsuit demanding equal access to state authorized medical dispensaries via some remedy entailing a separate process for religious users to apply for a religious card has been granted standing following the state’s motion to dismiss. The case will now move on to the merits. I am…
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Psilocybin Descheduling Update In AGGARWAL V. UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, No. 22-1718 (9th Cir. 2023)
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/22-1718/22-1718-2023-10-27.html Doctor Aggarwal’s latest in his ongoing struggle to remove Schedule One classification of psilocybin by the drug cartel’s biggest economic protectionists, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Drug policy of prohibition empowers criminals. Rescheduling process disempowers them. Act accordingly.
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Retail Chain that pulled CBD has “no plans to carry CBD products at any of our Iowa locations at this time”
Previously on WeedPress, we reported that Shag Alternative Superstore, a former carrier of CBD products in malls throughout the Des Moines and Ames Iowa areas in this article: “Des Moines Area Shag Stores Drop CBD, Stating “CBD Is Illegal To Sell And Won’t Be Back On Shelves Anytime Soon.” That was in March of 2020. In…
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Join The Team: Help WeedPress Cover Iowa’s Cannabis Stories And Opinions
Any blogger or aspiring blogger who wants to write about Iowa cannabis related current events / Iowa cannabis news, and has some background in or ability to learn WordPress blogging, feel free to message WeedPress on Facebook. You’ll be your own author, under your own name, be enabled to publish, edit, and promote what you want, with…
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Medical cannabis advocates hope federal changes lead to progress for Iowa marijuana laws
Mark Langgin of New Frontier Action discusses medical cannabis developments at the federal level, and the importance of federal laws impacting Iowa state marijuana laws, on Fox 17. Here’s the link to this story: https://kdsm17.com/news/local/medical-cannabis-advocates-hope-federal-changes-lead-to-progress-for-iowa-marijuana-laws Good job, New Frontier Action, in the Fox 17 interview. Interestingly, WeedPress has a connection to New Frontier Action. According…
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WeedPress Email Demanding South Dakota File Federal Exemption To Protect Marijuana Patients To Sioux Falls City Council
I also did a media interview this week with Kelo Land’s Bridget Bennett as well. You can watch the interview here: https://www.keloland.com/news/your-money-matters/sioux-falls-city-council-holds-first-discussion-on-medical-marijuana/ Below is my email to Sioux Falls City Council as well as video of the news coverage in which myself, the founder of the WeedPress blog, spoke to the news about federal law…
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Today: 1 PM Central Minnesota House Committee Debating Ending Police Qualified Immunity, Rec Cannabis Legalization
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/live/4 Watch at the above link, or at YouTube below. A respected colleague writes, (Representative) “Erik Mortenson is debating in committee today to end qualified immunity and legalize recreational marijuana in Minnesota. Live at the links at 1 pm central.” Follow WeedPress on Facebook
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Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana Recommendations To Des Moines Marijuana Enforcement Task Force September 18 2020
The following is the final version. Original formatting: Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana Recommendations Des Moines Marijuana Enforcement Task Force September 18, 2020 Written by Jason Karimi Co-Founder, Executive Director, Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana First of all, I would like to deeply and personally thank everyone involved in bringing this task force about, and…
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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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Iowa Public Radio’s Ben Kieffer Hosts WeedPress For An Hour Long Discussion At Iowa Capitol Law Library [TRANSCRIPT]
Transcript begins at the 16 minute 54 second mark. Original audio available here: https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/defining-unborn-person-and-stronger-medical-marijuana#stream/0 Ben Kieffer: Let’s talk about medical marijuana. Now, when Iowa legalized medical marijuana just a few years ago, it allowed no manufacturing and was limited to epilepsy patients. Now it’s expanded to allow the manufacturing here in the state of…
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Iowa Public Radio’s Ben Kieffer Hosts WeedPress For An Hour Long Discussion At Iowa Capitol Law Library [TRANSCRIPT SOON]
This interview took place April 2nd 2019. Unexpectedly Ben Kieffer brought up the WeedPress blog (follow us on Facebook) and asked about it, so I figured it’s relevant to post here. https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/defining-unborn-person-and-stronger-medical-marijuana?fbclid=IwAR0O-p-LgTV4F3RVUxo3S8Ig_GTZ-XShy6edG8g62M03ddQ8fPWaNKDkzmQ#stream/0 Listen to the full hour of this Legislative Day edition of River to River here- Bills exploring medical marijuana and the definition…
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The Gazette: Why CBD Is Illegal In Iowa And Other States As Of May 2019 (Despite Unapologetic Salesmen Preying On People And Claiming “Legal In All 50 States”)
CBD confusion, lies, and intentional disinformation from CBD salesmen with hidden agendas these past two years is explained quite excellently in today’s Gazette: From The Gazette: CBD is easy to get, but Gov. Reynolds warns Iowans it’s still illegal for most of us In signing hemp bill, governor reminds us one of hemp’s non-toxic derivatives…
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Iowa Public Radio: Defining ‘Unborn Person’ and Stronger Medical Marijuana
One issue controversial. One not so much anymore. Listen to the latest medical marijuana discussion here from Iowa Public Radio.
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Here’s Where Iowa Candidates Stand On Iowa’s “Worst in the country” Medical Marijuana Program That “Isn’t working” — Election Ends November 6th
The latest round of boobs and stooges, patsies and pawns, courtesy of Carl Olsen of Iowans for Medical Marijuana, who linked articles from the writers at The Gazette and the Quad City Times. Follow WeedPress on Facebook to see whether these answers paid off after the election. Here’s the question. “Would you vote to expand…
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WeedPress First Broke This Story. CBS2 Chicago Picked It Up Calling It “False Promises” In the Medical Marijuana Industry. We Did A Good Work But Facebook Banned Us For Linking The CBS Chicago Article. Conclusion?
Screw Facebook, we’re moving to imperfect twitter. Here’s our coverage followed by CBS, exposing Eric Arndt’s predatory business in Addison Illinois. Facebook said it was against community standards, and we can’t post for three days on our page. They also threatened to permanently unpublish WeedPress, so we’re done posting there and will be moving to…
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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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Medical Marijuana Bills Advance at Iowa State House — March 18th, 2018
Follow WeedPress on Facebook for updates. You requested to be notified of the following actions or changes to your watched bills and rules: Legislation HF 2432 A bill for an act relating to the collection of fees and the performance of background investigations under the medical cannabidiol Act, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB…
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[VIDEO] Iowa City Public Library: A Conversation about Medical Marijuana in Iowa — November 19th, 2013
If you were unable to attend the medical cannabis hearings around the state over the past few weeks, not to worry — video of the Iowa City hearing is available online here. Huge thanks to Iowa City Cable TV for producing this video! Click the picture to be taken to the video courtesy of Iowa…
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November Sets New Record for WeedPress As Patients Continue to Send Letters About Their Struggles
Last month saw more media attention on the issue of medical cannabis than I’ve ever seen — and it’s mostly due to the patients that have been pushing this issue and coming forward. Senator Bolkcom said we needed to gather patient testimonials, and patients have responded since I put the call out on the Iowa…
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32 Year Old Epileptic, Travis Peevler: “I turned to marijuana, and it seems to be the best form of medication that helps me in all the ways I need”
Travis Peevler posted on the WeedPress Facebook page: “I’m 32 years old, I’m epileptic with chronic migraines/headaches & sleep trouble. I have been on so many prescriptions for my disorder, every kind of pain medicine you can think of, I’ve tried it! And though some may help some, they always have side effects that don’t…
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Time4Hemp Has A New Website — And Is Now On iHeart Radio! Check Out Carl’s Cannabis Corner This Sunday at 1 PM Central
Time 4 Hemp has a new website. Check it out! And tune into Carl’s Cannabis Corner this Sunday at 1 pm central for the latest update on our work here in Iowa to get cannabis removed from Schedule I. Just got this message from Casper Leitch, the founder of the Time 4 Hemp Broadcasting Network:…
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Iowa Crohns Patient To Iowa Legislature: “Cannabis Could Help Me and Thousands Of Iowans Live a Better Life”
The politicians want to hear stories like this from patients here in Iowa! Email me at jkarimi2007@hotmail.com if you’re an Iowan who would like to have your story heard here on WeedPress! Meet Brian Chalupa. Brian grew up in Washington County and now resides in Johnson County. Brian has tried to discuss cannabis with his…
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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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Does the FDA hinder cancer research on purpose? Watch “Bruzynski: Cancer is Serious Business” to find out.
Does the FDA intentionally hinder progress toward a cure for cancer? I just watched Burzynski: Cancer is Serious Business online. Burzynski’s movie, chronicling his decades-long battle with Big Pharma, is free online until June 20th. Watch it here. Before you watch this movie, be forewarned: it is not for the emotionally fragile. The beginning of…
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Testing Out New Webcam
Got myself a fancy new webcam that likes to unfocus. Here’s my first video with the newfangled doohickey: I’ll be on Sensi Life Radio to discuss the pros and cons of rescheduling cannabis with XCannabis Ryan on Thursday, June 23rd at 5:00 pm. Click here to watch the show live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sensilife/2011/06/23/interview-with-jason-karimi-about-rescheduling-cannabis: Interview with Jason Karimi…
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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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Interested in marching on D.C. to protest cannabis laws on 4/20?
WeedPress has been asked to officially sponsor this national protest march on Washington D.C. to protest the unjust, unconstitutional, and un-American laws prohibiting cannabis. For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jason Warf 502 396 5663 Stickman200210@gmail.com Grassroots Activists Head to the Nation’s Capitol to End Prohibition Millions to Gather in Hopes to Cease Lies and Propaganda…
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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…
WeedPress: The Paper Trail 