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
House File 978 House File 978 is on the House Debate Calendar, on 4/21/2025. HF 978 should be amended to comply with federal drug law. 21 U.S.C. § 822(d) At … Medical Psilocybin Done Wrong
House File 978 House File 978 is on the House Ways and Means Calendar, eligible on 4/2/2025. This bill should be amended to include our state’s federal right to enact … Medical Psilocybin Done Right
We need to come up with a better word for medical use of substances in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Substances in schedule I have no medical use. … The inconsistency of using the term “medical” in state programs authorizing the use of psychedelics
Rep. Jeff Shipley has been a long-time advocate for plants, fungi, and religious freedom, so I sent him a copy of my last blog post, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE: … Religious use of Plants and Fungi