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 its Respondent's Brief that I did not address the scheduling criteria or submit any evidence. I don't know if the Board of Pharmacy threw it away, but I have certified mail receipts showing they received my legal arguments and evidence. I filed a Motion to add my Memorandum of Law to the record on review, and I filed another Motion to add my Exhibit to the record on review. I filed my Reply Brief on March 16, 2009.
A hearing in my state case has been scheduled for March 27, 2009