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Iowans for Medical Marijuana

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED:
Amend Senate File 79 (SF 79) by separating the first 20 lines on page 1 of SF 79 from the remainder of the bill and making them two separate bills instead of one.
The reason for the amendment is that the first 20 lines on page 1 of SF 79 conforms to the recommendation made by the Iowa Department of Public Health in 2010, in SSB 1016.
Amend House File 168 (HF 168, passed in the Iowa House on March 11, 2013, by 72-27 and currently pending in the Iowa Senate) by striking the first 26 lines and replacing them with the first 20 lines on page 1 of SF 79.
NOTE: House File 168 may be dead on arrival in the Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee, so we'd rather see it remain dead than amended. If you want to see how your state representative voted on this bill, see the House Journal for March 11, 2013.
HF 22 was killed in a subcommittee of the Iowa House Committee on Public Safety on January 31, 2013. The companion bill in the Iowa Senate, SF 79, was approved by the subcommittee on March 4, 2013, but won't be considered by the full committee on Health and Human Services until 2014.
The highlight of the hearing on HF 22 was this quote from former state patrol officer ("road trooper") Clel Baudler, chair of the House Committee on Public Safety, regarding the unanimous ruling in favor of medical marijuana by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy in 2010:
“I still do not understand the board of pharmacy's decision to support medical marijuana and I sure as hell don't agree with it.”
Rep. Clel Baudler (former state trooper for 32 1/2 years), January 31, 2013, at the subcommittee hearing on HF22. Can you say POLICE STATE?

December 1, 2010 - Iowa Department of Public Health Proposed Legislation

November 2, 2010 - Iowa Board of Pharmacy Meeting Agenda

October 31, 2010 - Press Release by Iowans for Medical Marijuana

September 28, 2010 - Iowa Pharmacy Board Order Denying Petition

September 28, 2010 - Iowa Board of Pharmacy Meeting Agenda

August 14, 2010 - Iowans for Medical Marijuana Withdraws from Coalition

July 12, 2010 - FOIA Response from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

June 30, 2010 - FOIA Response from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

June 29, 2010 - FOIA Response from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

June 1, 2010 - Iowa Pharmacy Board Meeting Minutes

May 17, 2010 - Response from Carl Olsen to Iowa Governor Chet Culver

May 13, 2010 - Response from Iowa Governor Chet Culver to Carl Olsen

April 18, 2010 - Iowa Medical Society Resolution Supporting Medical Marijuana

April 2, 2010 - Congressional Research Service - Medical Marijuana

March 24, 2010 - FOIA Response from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

March 23, 2010 - FOIA Request to U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

March 10, 2010 - Position Statement by Iowa Board of Pharmacy

February 17, 2010 - Press Release by Iowa Department of Public Health

For details, see McMahon v. Board of Pharmacy
Every review conducted by the federal statute that makes marijuana illegal has recommended legalization.
The first review, conducted by a commission authorized by the statute and published in 1972, found that, "No conclusive evidence exists of any physical damage, disturbances of bodily processes or proven human fatalities attributable solely to even very high doses of marihuana."
The last review, conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and published in 1988, found that, "Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man."
The Iowa Legislature passed a law recognizing marijuana as a medicine in 1979 and that law is now found in Iowa Code Chapter 124.206(7)(a)(2006).
Why is the Supreme Court of Iowa telling medical marijuana users they cannot present evidence of medical use to a jury? Here's why:

Iowa Marijuana Rescheduling Petition - May 2008 

Why is the Federal Government prosecuting medical marijuana users in states that have passed medical marijuana legislation? Here's why:

Federal Marijuana Rescheduling Petition - May 2008 

DEA Final Ruling - Marijuana Rescheduling Petition - December 2008 

IMM Press Release - December 2007

Press Release - December 2008

United States v. Lynch - Amicus Curiae - July 20, 2008

Iowa Medical Marijuana 2013