State Legislation
Both the national and state drug czars came out this past week in favor of science over politics in the Iowa debate on the legalization of marijuana for medical use. The national drug czar was in Iowa to attend the release of Iowa's Drug Control Strategy 2010
National drug czar, Gil Kerlikowski, said last week that Iowa medical marijuana policy should be decided by science, not votes. He said the medical marijuana program in his home state of Washington was not a significant problem for law enforcement authorities.
On November 1, 2009, Iowa drug Czar, Gary Kendell, released Iowa's Drug Control Strategy...
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090820/NEWS10/908200365/1007/NEWS05
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This looks like a useful site:
Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana
The public hearing on June 1 was not announced. I’m the petitioner, and they didn’t even bother to notify me. I just happened to look at their web site on Friday, May 29 and noticed it by accident.
I don’t know why they are holding a public hearing. The judge's order told them to rule on my petition. It’s a legal question, so I’m not sure what public opinion has to do with it.
I called and they said it was okay for me to attend the public hearing on my petition, so I’ll be there. Several patients will be there. I...
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will be holding an open (public) meeting on the medical marijuana ruling from the Iowa District Court on Monday, June 1, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. The Board denied my petition because I did not submit scientific evidence that marijuana has no high potential for abuse. The Iowa District Court ruled that scientic evidence was not relevant to my claim that marijuana has accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. The Iowa Board of Pharmacy must decide whether marijuana has accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. The Iowa District Court ruled...
McMahon v. Board of Pharmacy, No. CV 7415, Iowa District Court in and for Polk County.
Polk County, Iowa, District Court Judge Joel D. Novak issued his ruling on April 21, 2009. I'm still thinking about the ruling, but it appears the judge is saying the Board of Pharmacy did not rebut any of the evidence I submitted and dismissed my case by relying on an unlawful interpretation of the Iowa Controlled Substance Act.
The judge ordered the Board of Pharmacy to give me another hearing and to address the evidence I submitted this time.
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...
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...
On December 12, 2008 I mailed certified letters to each of the Attorneys General for the 13 states that accept the medical use of marijuana, asking them why they have not contacted the United States Drug Enforcement Adminsitration about removal of marijuana from schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act. Links to those letters are listed below:
December 12, 2008 - Letter to the Attorney General of Alaska
December 12, 2008 - Letter to the Attorney General of California
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The State of Iowa has responded to the ACLU of Iowa's Civil Complaint regarding Iowa's drug law which claims that marijuana has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. I have filed a Motion to Intervene. For further information on this case, please see my web site at http://www.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/petitions/iowa.aspx
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