The Cannabis Compass of Iowa

26/05/2024

23/05/2024

21/05/2024

Brenda for Southern Iowa supports ma*****na! She has pictures of her and her husband on her Facebook with w**d leaf shirts AND her husband is supporting a Democrat for Decatur County Supervisor isn’t that NEAT

She might about cry in this video from the looks of it

21/05/2024

Brenda for Southern Iowa supports ma*****na! She has pictures of her and her husband on her Facebook with w**d leaf shirts AND her husband is supporting a Democrat for Decatur County Supervisor isn’t that NEAT

02/05/2024

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01/05/2024

See, e.g., 21 U.S.C. 844(a). The CSA’s prohibited acts and criminal sanction provisions apply uniformly to all controlled substances whether they’re listed on schedule I or schedule V. Take 21 U.S.C. 844(a). With limited exceptions not relevant here, that provision makes it “unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance ….”—full stop and without regard to its specific scheduling classification. 21 U.S.C. 844(a) (emphasis added). Or consider section 829(a), which addresses controlled substances listed in schedule V—the CSA’s least-restrictive classification—and expressly forbids “distribut[ing] or dispens[ing] [them] other than for a medical purpose.” 21 U.S.C. 829(c). Thus, even if cannabis were transferred to schedule V, virtually every transaction in the adult-use cannabis market today would remain criminal under federal law. The only way this administrative process fixes that core problem is through descheduling.

Second, descheduling is the only outcome that aligns with the reason President Biden gave in his October 6th announcement for requesting an administrative review of cannabis’s scheduling status in the first place. He emphasized that “no one should be in jail just for using or possessing ma*****na,” and declared that he was taking “three steps … to end this failed approach”:

The Path Forward

01/05/2024

Scheduling Decisions are a Mixture of Science, Law—and Politics

First, let me begin by stating the obvious: this rescheduling, as opposed to others, is a deeply political process. It may seem like an obvious point, but it is a critical one—and one I will return to at the end.

This process was initiated by the President of the United States. That may seem surprising to some. After all, he doesn’t have the best track record on drug policy. But whatever one thinks of that, he does seems to have compassion on many issues, especially those that hit close to home.

Today, Joe Biden says he’s always been in favor of legalizing medical ma*****na. Perhaps we should believe him, or at least over the past decade. After all, the Biden clan was all aboard the medical ma*****na train as early as 2014 in relation to Beau Biden’s cancer treatment:

I think this President understands that the former Attorney General of Delaware, veteran, and brain cancer victim shouldn’t have had to look for a way to “do it quietly.” Nor should anyone else. If a family and their doctor agree that ma*****na could ease the suffering of a dying patient, ma*****na should be available to the patient—and at minimum, it should not be federal contraband under those circumstances.

If medical ma*****na is legal in a state, the decision whether to use it in treatment should be a decision made by doctors and patients—not the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. And I hope the White House tells Anne Milgram that. As Amber Littlejohn importantly points out, this President did not initiate rescheduling process because he cares about or has been influenced by the cannabis industry. I’m as cynical as they come when it comes to agencies; but here, I think the President instructed the agencies to proceed only because he cares about doing the right thing.

If we’re looking for motivation and direction, to me, that’s it. My best read on the situation is that the President asked agencies to initiate this process because he cares about justice issues, research, and potentially alleviating suffering. And while he also cares about jobs, he probably doesn’t care too much about the industry per se and certainly not 280E, except insofar as it relates to those other primary concerns (which it does).

This is why—politics, not precedent, science, or legal authority—if I had to bet, I’d put my money on DEA sticking with the HHS recommendation and also landing on Schedule III. As we’ve explained all over On Drugs, the scheduling criteria are so amorphous so as to allow DEA and HHS to justify placing a drug in almost any schedule; the classifications as a whole don’t make any sense whatsoever.

From Hunter Biden's Laptop to DEA's Orange Book to Staggered Listings

01/05/2024

https://ondrugs.substack.com/p/a-good-sign-for-schedule-iii

In Vienna, U.S. champions member-state discretion over domestic drug policy under Single Convention

01/05/2024

https://ondrugs.substack.com/p/vindicating-the-new-approach

The unsung benefactors of the new HHS standard

01/05/2024

https://ondrugs.substack.com/p/the-dirtiest-little-secrets-about

Deep cuts and myth busting.

30/04/2024

https://www.ma*****namoment.net/dea-agrees-to-reschedule-ma*****na-under-federal-law-in-historic-move-following-biden-directed-health-agencys-recommendation/

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has made a historic decision—agreeing with the top federal health agency and proposing to move ma*****na from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The decision comes more than 50 years after cannabis was first listed as a s...

12/04/2024

Filling out an endorsement application for a cannabis supporting candidate for this years Iowa legislative election race. 80 plus percent chance we will get this person elected as consultants and campaign advisers and managers.

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30/03/2024

Iowans, come get you access to real flower just over the border with a non-resident South Dakota card good for one year. Now with more cowbell?

We provide qualifying patients with alternative medicine options to improve their quality of life.

25/03/2024

"Everybody does it, to be honest." - Kevin Durant brings an open conversation to the forefront, reflecting a broader shift in sports culture. With the NBA's progressive step last year to halt testing players for c*nnabis, the narrative around athlete wellness and c*nnabis is evolving.

This change prompts a deeper look into how c*nnabis interfaces with athletic performance and recovery. Research delves into its effects on pain management, cardiorespiratory function, and anxiety reduction among athletes, although findings are still emerging amidst historical regulatory challenges. With some studies suggesting potential benefits in recovery and mental well-being, the athlete community is re-evaluating how c*nnabis could be part of a holistic approach to wellness.

What do you see for the future of the plant in sports? Let us know in the comments.

10/01/2024

Wisconsin Assembly Republicans' highly restrictive plan to legalize medical ma*****na in the state drew a lukewarm response from Senate Republicans and Democratic Gov.

07/01/2024

Navigating the Alphabet Soup of Legal Cannabinoids: The 2024 New Year’s Comprehensive Consumer’s Guide To THCO, THCP, THCA, HHC, Delta 8, Delta 9, Delta 10, CBN, CBG, CBC, CBDA and CBD …

03/11/2023

https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article280457749.html?link_id=32&can_id=5982430f6cd9d10660f93eda6f989d89&source=email-norml-news-of-the-week-1122023-3&email_referrer=email_2099261&email_subject=norml-news-of-the-week-1122023

Driving under the influence can include cannabis use, if you’re cited. How is it tested?

28/10/2023

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2428980221906873954&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

c. Ma*****na cannot be validly prescribed or ordered. Even if we held that the registry card or written certification is a prescription or order, we are faced with the fact that ma*****na, as a schedule I drug, cannot be validly prescribed or ordered for medical treatment. While "valid" is also not....

28/10/2023

https://www.swiowanewssource.com/video_352cb02f-5665-580e-924b-581003374fd0.html

(2 Jun 2023) For decades, members of the Rastafari community have been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of ma*****na. But the tiny islands of Antigua and Barbuda recently

28/10/2023

https://www.aclunv.org/en/cases/ceic-v-nevada-board-pharmacy

Despite the passage of the Nevada Medical Ma*****na Act and the Initiative to Regulate and Tax Ma*****na, the State, specifically the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy, has failed to take action to comport with the will of Nevada voters, the Nevada Constitution, and Nevada Revised Statutes.

27/10/2023

Gonna sue Wyoming for gun rights!!!! Wyoming Attorney General
Connelly v Texas

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23766658-us-v-connelly-gun-ma*****na?responsive=1&title=1

Looking to New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen,
The court had previously issued a conviction, though it said a more recent ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit merited another look. That case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, found that any firearm restrictions must be consistent with the Second Amendment’s original 1791 ratification.

“Quite simply, there is no historical tradition of denying individuals their Second Amendment rights based solely (or even partially) on the use of ma*****na,” the case filing states.

Judge Cardone often disputed the Justice Department’s attempts to fall back on its typical arguments around cannabis consumption and gun ownership, like comparing the ban to laws against operating a firearm under the influence of alcohol or gun possession by “unvirtuous” people. She also cited President Biden’s 2022 decision to mass pardon people with federal cannabis possession charges.

“…Even if Connelly were convicted of simple ma*****na possession, that conviction would be expunged by the blanket presidential pardon of all such ma*****na possessions that, like Connelly’s, took place before October 6, 2022,” the ruling states, even though Biden’s clemency action didn’t actually expunge records.

Jared Michael Harrison v Oklahoma, He was arrested by police in Lawton, Oklahoma after officers found cannabis and a loaded revolver in his car during a traffic stop. Harrison told police he was heading to work at a legal medical cannabis business but did not have a state-issued ID card showing he was authorized to use medicinal cannabis.

Harrison’s attorneys challenged the charge, similarly arguing that the firearm ban is not consistent with the country’s tradition of regulating fi****ms, also citing New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.

U.S. District Judge Patrick Wyrick similarly rejected the argument that Harrison’s status as a cannabis user “justifies stripping him of his fundamental right to possess a firearm” and ruled that the federal ban on gun ownership “is not a constitutionally permissible means of disarming Harrison.” Wyrick added that cannabis use “not in and of itself a violent, forceful or threatening act.”

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf

27/10/2023

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ban-ma*****na-users-owning-guns-is-unconstitutional-us-judge-rules-2023-02-04/

A federal judge in Oklahoma said that the government could not argue that the "mere status as a user of ma*****na" justified stripping a person of their "fundamental right to possess a firearm".

27/10/2023

https://www.reuters.com/legal/drug-user-cannot-be-barred-owning-guns-us-court-rules-2023-08-10/

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning fi****ms was unconstitutional as applied to the case of a ma*****na user, the latest fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that expanded gun rights.

27/10/2023

https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2022/09/15/judge-orders-pharmacy-board-to-remove-cannabis-from-schedule-1/ #:~:text=By%3A%20Dana%20Gentry%20%2D%20September%2015%2C%202022%204%3A27%20am&text=In%20a%20lawsuit%20brought%20by,states%20cannabis%20has%20medical%20uses.

More than 20 years after Nevada voters approved the use of ma*****na for medical purposes, a judge on Wednesday ordered the state Board of Pharmacy to remove the substance from its list of Schedule 1 substances. Schedule 1 substances are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a....

27/10/2023

08/10/2023

https://www.facebook.com/100064670534871/posts/681396787359333/?mibextid=cr9u03

Officers incorrectly classified 49.2% of the placebo group as impaired

11/09/2023

"I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body, or where I go with my mind. From the skin inwards is my jurisdiction, is it not? I choose what may or may not cross that border. Here I am the Customs Agent. I am the Coast guard. I am the sole legal and spiritual government of this territory, and only the laws I choose to enact within myself are applicable"

Alexander Shulgin, PhD, Chemist and author, at the Drug Policy Foundation Conference, Washington, D.C., November 1996.

10/09/2023

09/09/2023

Policy-makers and advocates alike would be well advised to dig deeper. Overall, the NGA provides a progressive, evidence-based approach to dealing with drug overdoses. There is much to apply here.

The continued attention is needed. From 2019 to 2021, overdose death rates increased in all 50 states; death rates in 40 states increased by more than 25 percent. The national overdose death rate in 2021 reached 32.4 per 100,000 people, compared to 6.1 in 1999. Overdose deaths among adolescents increased 109 percent from 2019 to 2021, despite low youth substance use rates.

For each of the five pillars -- foundations, prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery -- the NGA roadmap makes specific recommendations:

Faced with an ongoing drug overdose epidemic that may have peaked in recent months but is still killing around 100,000 Americans each year, with fentanyl implicated in the great majority of deaths, the nation's governors are moving to get a grip on the problem. On Tuesday, the National Governors Ass...