July 2008 Entries
The Iowa Legislature put marijuana into Schedule II in 1987. They also left it in Schedule I. They also said it had medical use only when the Board creates administrative rules. That is a complete deviation from the way any other substance is scheduled in Iowa or under federal law and regulations.
On the federal level, drugs are scheduled by the DEA because Congress set it up that way. Congress does not need to approve the scheduling. DEA picks one.
On the state level, drugs are scheduled by the Iowa Legislature after a recommendation by the Board. The Board makes a recommendation...
Today's hearing with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy was a demonstration of spineless bureacrats selling out the people of Iowa. The Board listened to what George and I had to say but said they were bound by federal scheduling, which is untrue. According to 21 U.S.C. § 903, as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court in Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006), the state has complete authority to make an independent finding on accepted medical use. So, the Board completely shirked its responsibility to make an independent determination on state scheduling. The Iowa Code allows the Board to adopt...
My motion was added to the docket today but postdated back to July 21 the day it was actually delivered to the court. My name was also added to the list of parties as a "movant." I've started a new section of the web site to track the activities, at: http://www.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/lynch/
Carl Olsen has filed a motion to appear as amicus curiae in United States v. Charles C. Lynch, No. CR 07-689-GW, United States District Court for the Central District of California at Los Angeles. Trial is scheduled for Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
The Marijuana Policy Project has a couple of recent articles about Charles Lynch on it's web site: Toke On Down! and Law suit against county and sheriff, as well as Americans for Safe Access Drew Carey on DEA Raids & Medical Marijuana Use by Minors
Reason.TV has a nice video narrated by Drew Carey Raiding California: Medical Marijuana and Minors.
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The Board of Pharmacy has just released the Meeting Agenda and Timetable for its July 29 Meeting. My petition to remove marijuana from schedule 1 is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. There are four items scheduled for 9:30 a.m. and my petition is the fourth item, so it would appear that the Board has probably discussed my petition at the last two closed sessions on July 8 and July 15. I'm assuming they will just make a ruling on it, but I'm planning to be there just in case they want to ask any questions.
This just in from the Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners RRS Feed:
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will meet by teleconference in closed session on Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at 2:00 p.m.
The call will originate from the Board office located at RiverPoint Business Park, 400 S.W. Eighth Street, Suite E, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.
Here we go again. The Governor of Hawaii is claiming that federal law prevents the medical use of marijuana when both state and federal law agree it's legal. Will someone in Hawaii please complain?
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS
HONOLULU
July 8, 2008
STATEMENT OF OBJECTIONS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2675
Honorable Members
Twenty-Fourth Legislature
State of Hawaii
Pursuant to Section 16 of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, I am returning herewith, without my approval, House Bill No. 2675, entitled "A Bill for an Act Relating to Medical Marijuana."
The purpose of this bill is to create a "medical marijuana task force" within the University of Hawaii for administrative purposes....
This just in from the Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners RRS Feed:
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will meet by teleconference in closed session on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. The call will originate from the Board office located at RiverPoint Business Park, 400 S.W. Eighth Street, Suite E, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.
This has been a crazy week. On Tuesday I returned home to find a notice that the Post Office had been unable to deliver a certified letter and was holding it at the Post Office. On Wednesday, I decided I had waited long enough and it was time to complain about the DEA failing to respond to my federal petition to have marijuana removed from schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act. I wrote letters to U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, and U.S. Congressman Leonard Boswell complaining about the DEA's failure to respond. On Thursday, I retrieved...