For several years now, the Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Board has recommended changing the name “Medical Cannabidiol Act” to “Medical Cannabis Act” in its annual reports to the Iowa Legislature. The … Medical Cannabidiol Board Recommendations 2025
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) created a Guidance Document for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in 2009 which is at the heart of a case argued before the United … Religious Exceptions to the CSA
Good morning your honor. Good morning counsel. The State has not met its burden of demonstrating a compelling interest in prohibiting the Petitioner’s possession of cannabis for religious use. The … Opening Statement – Nov 14, 2025
Dear Attorney General Bondi: Over the past 10 years two divergent paths have emerged for medical use of cannabis. One path, consumable hemp products (Iowa Code Chapter 204), took a … U.S. Attorney General – 2025
In Iowa’s quest to create “traps for the unawary,” as Justice Thomas calls them, consumable hemp is the next frontier. See Standing Akimbo v. United States, 141 S.Ct. 2236, 594 … Pardon me, is that hemp you’re smoking?
To: Governor of Iowa Copy To: President of the Iowa Senate Copy to: Speaker of the Iowa House Petition for Redress: Iowa Constitution, Article 1, Section 20 Sec. 20. Right … Cannabis Petition for Redress – 2025
Complaining about the cannabis tax penalty under 26 U.S.C. § 280E is just another way of saying cannabis does not belong in Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 … Federal Cannabis Tax – 2025
“The medicinal properties of the cannabis plant have been known for millennia.” Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, History of cannabis, The University of Sydney. Iowa classified cannabis as a habit-forming … Iowa, Medical Cannabis, and Federalism
Religious Exception for Cannabis Iowa is a peculiar state because it has a statutory religious exception for peyote and a statutory medical exception for cannabis. Someone with a religious claim … Press Release – 23 May 2025
2025 Iowa Cannabis Legislative Session Update There were several bills filed this session that would make changes to Chapter 124E: HF 950, HF 990 / SF 399, HF 995, and … 2025 Iowa Cannabis Legislation