Iowa Committee Votes to Reschedule Cannabis, Legalize its Medical Cultivation and Distribution
Iowa’s bipartisan, bicameral Cannabidiol Implementation Study Committee has voted in support of legalizing the
distribution and private cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes. The committee also voted to recommend that the federal government and the Iowa Board of Pharmacy reschedule cannabis away from its current scheduling (schedule 1) which declares it as dangerous as heroin and other hard drugs.
The committee of five Republicans and five Democrats was established in response to a law which took effect in Iowa on July 1st; the law legalized the possession and use of cannabidiol for those with seizure disorders, though the law established no means for a patient to obtain the medicine legally.
The committee voted 6 to 4 (with just one Republican voting in favor) to recommend legalizing cannabis distribution and cultivation. The vote was much more conclusive – 9 to 1 – when calling for a rescheduling of cannabis to schedule 2.
Unfortunately the committee’s vote isn’t legally binding, and instead is meant as a recommendation to the legislative body as a whole. The vote, however, will certainly have an impact on the conversation moving forward, and will hopefully lead to further reform in the upcoming session.
– TheJointBlog
shawn terrell
It is insane to have a cbd oil law with no access to in state medicine,in order for the cbd program to work you must have in state cultivation of cannabis so people can have acces to the oil in a controlled and secure inverment.it is also insane to have Marijuana on the same schedule as her I on,meth cocaine. You cannot o.d on marijuana. Or go around beating you spouse on marijuana. Fact verses fiction.
Lou
Morticians in Oregon are celebrating with the vote to allow recreational marijuana. They had been busy with the normal death rate but with this vote they expect the deaths rates to increase rapidly.