The Iowa Board of Pharmacy must review whether marijuana has an accepted medical use, says a recent ruling by Polk County judge Joel Novak.http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090425/NEWS/904250333/-1/ENT05
This forces the board to examine whether or not marijuana is properly scheduled as a Schedule I controlled substance under state law.
Carl Olsen’s blog chronicles his attempts to remove marijuana from its current Schedule I classification at the state and federal level. This is some very important stuff going on right here in Iowa folks.
Schedule I is the most tightly restricted category of drugs reserved for drugs with a high potential for abuse and no safe medicinal value. Removal of marijuana from that classification would facilitate efforts to have medical marijuana here in Iowa. It would also allow easier access for researchers who want to study the drug.
Thank you for the link.
ReplyDeleteFrom: Carl Olsen
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 8:59 AM
To: iowamedicalmarijuana
Subject: Board of Phamacy to hold Public Hearing on Marijuana on June 1
http://blog.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/archive/2009/05/29/board-of-phamacy-to-hold-public-hearing-on-june-1.aspx
Board of Phamacy to hold Public Hearing on Marijuana on June 1
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 that the evidence I submitted, 13 state medical marijuana laws, was sufficient evidence for the Board to make a decision on the question I asked them to decide.