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March 2009 Entries

Iowa Medical Marijuana Court Hearing

McMahon v. Board of Pharmacy, No. CV 7415, Iowa District Court in and for Polk County. The ACLU, the Board of Phamacy, and me, had our hearing this morning at 10:00 a.m. in Polk County, Iowa, District Court in front of Judge Joel D. Novak.  The Board of Pharmacy had no objection to any of my motions, so all three of my motions were granted: (1) my Motion to Intervene; (2) my Motion to supplement the record with a copy of DEA Judge Young's 1988 ruling in the federal medical marijuana rescheduling case; and (3) my Motion to supplement the record...

posted @ Friday, March 27, 2009 3:50 PM | Feedback (3) | Filed Under [ Iowa Board of Pharmacy State Legislation ]

Recent activity in state and federal courts

My how time flies when you are having fun. Time just keeps on slipping away. I've been busy preparing legal briefs in two of my cases regarding the unlawful scheduling of marijuana in the state and federal controlled substances acts. I filed my Petition for Review of the Drug Enforcement Administration's refusal to remove marijuana from Schedule I in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on March 2, 2009, and the response from the Drug Enforcement Administration is due on March 30, 2009. My state marijuana scheduling case took an interesting twist when the Iowa Board of Pharmacy claimed in...

posted @ Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:14 AM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ Iowa Board of Pharmacy Federal Legislation State Legislation Drug Enforcement Admin ]

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