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We're a little bit ahead of schedule. The next
scheduled speaker would be Kate Gainer from the
Iowa Pharmacy Association. Kate, are you okay
going now?
KATE GAINER: My name is Kate Gainer,
vice president of professional affairs for the Iowa
Pharmacy Association.
Thank you for the opportunity to state
the position of the Iowa Pharmacy Association on
this subject of legalization of marijuana for
medical purposes.
The Iowa Pharmacy Association is the
professional state society representing nearly
1,000 pharmacists, 700 pharmacies, as well as
pharmacy technicians and pharmacy students.
The mission of IPA is to advance
patient safety and patient health for all Iowans
through pharmaceutical care. IPA supports
evidence-based medicine. Evidence-based medicine
as defined in the 2009 users guide to the medical
literature is the conscientious, explicit, and
judicious use of current best evidence in making
decisions about the care of individual patients.
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Evidence-based clinical practice
requires integration of individual clinical
expertise and patient preferences with the best
available external clinical evidence from
systematic research and consideration of available
resources.
The Iowa Pharmacy Association will
support the science on the issue of marijuana
legalization for medical purposes. IPA is hopeful
the Board of Pharmacy will hear comprehensive
testimony from experts on the science of medical
marijuana.
For any prescription medication used
in the treatment and prevention of sickness and
disease, IPA supports distribution under the
control of the Iowa Boards of Medicine and
Pharmacy.
For medication used in our state, IPA
supports prescribing by Iowa licensed prescribers
and dispensing along with medication management by
an Iowa licensed pharmacist.
The Iowa Pharmacy Association house of
delegates adopted policy in 1997 relating to the
issue of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes.
I'll read that policy.
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IPA supports the experimental use of
marijuana for medical purposes subject to
distribution controls by the Iowa Board of
Pharmacy. IPA endorses utilization of the Board of
Pharmacy as the governmental agency responsible for
ensuring adequate control measures concerning
experimental studies involving marijuana for
medical purposes. IPA opposes legalization of
marijuana for recreational purposes. Thank you.
LLOYD JESSEN: Thank you, Kate.
Do we
have the person who's been identified as our
Speaker No. 3? Yes.
ROBERT MANKE: Morning, folks.
My
name is Robert Manke, M-a-n-k-e, and I'm a medical
marijuana user here in the state of Iowa.
Board of Pharmacy members -- Board of
Pharmacy members, I'm here because I need your
help. I don't represent anybody professionally. I
represent myself. I've been in three severe
traffic accidents. You want to see what a miracle
looks like? This is what a miracle looks like.
See me hold my arms up? It's incredible. I'm
amazed I'm not in a wheelchair.
I have a broken spine. I have two
Harrington rods, six fused joints in my back.