Medical Marijuana Rule Making Petition

Iowa Board of Pharmacy Weighs In on February 17, 2010

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy recommends that the legisalture reclassify marijuana from Schedule I of the Iowa Controlled Substances Act (Act) into Schedule II of the Act with the further recommendation that the legislature convene a task force or study committee comprised of various disciplines including but not limited to the following: a representative of a seriously ill patient; a representative of law enforcement; a representative of the Iowa Attorney General; a representative of an HIV organization or a physician caring for an AIDS patient; a substance abuse treatment representative; a person living with a serious illness; a hospice or palliative care representative; a representative of the Iowa Board of Nursing; a representative of the Iowa Board of Medicine; and a representative of the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, for the purpose of making recommendations back to the legislature regarding the administration of a medical marijuana program.

Iowa Board of Pharmacy, February 17, 2010
Medical Marijuana Hearings

July 20, 2010 - Agenda for the Iowa Board of Pharmacy Teleconference of July 20, 2010
July 20, 2010 - Petition for Rule Making

Iowa House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy Weighs In on KCCI TV 8, April 30, 2010.

It's interesting that the law pretty much already allows it currently and I don't think most people realize that.

But it is an interesting game changer.

And this would be something that would be science based. It would be bipartisan in origin. It would be really on the health of Iowa patients.

It will be treated like morphine, and which is under a complete doctor's care, doctor's prescription only, and heavily monitored and heavily regulated, and the severe felony penalties for anybody that tries to deal in that area outside of the medical situation.