Author Archives: Carl Olsen

Public Hearing on SF79

To keep the audio file from load­ing every time this page loads, I moved the audio file to its own page: http://www.carl-olsen.com/sf79-march-4–2013/

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Committee Vote on HSB 52

To keep the audio file from load­ing every time this page loads, I moved the audio file to its own page: http://www.carl-olsen.com/hsb52-february-5–2013/

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Hearing on HF 22

To keep the audio file from load­ing every time this page loads, I moved the audio file to its own page: http://www.carl-olsen.com/hf22-january-31–2013/ Feb­ru­ary 1, 2013 85GA Bill His­tory for HF 22 By Hunter. A bill for an act pro­vid­ing for the cre­ation … Con­tinue read­ing

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Hearing on HSB 52

To keep the audio file from load­ing every time this page loads, I moved the audio file to its own page: http://www.carl-olsen.com/hsb52-january-31–2013/ Jan­u­ary 31, 2013 85GA Bill His­tory for HSB 52 A study bill relat­ing to the con­trolled sub­stance of mar­i­juana, pro­vid­ing … Con­tinue read­ing

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Senator Grassley is a Superstitious old Coot

I got a let­ter from U.S. Sen­a­tor Grass­ley today. I wrote to Sen­a­tor Grass­ley about a peti­tion by two states, Wash­ing­ton and Rhode Island, ask­ing the DEA to reclas­sify mar­i­juana as a sched­ule II con­trolled sub­stance.  He respond by say­ing he … Con­tinue read­ing

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Alcohol promoting drug czar strikes again

Iowa Drug Czar Steve Lukan (one joint of mar­i­juana is equal to drink­ing a keg of beer — Legal drug indus­try wants you dead) is at it again, this time with the help of Mus­ca­tine County Attor­ney Allen Oster­gren. Oster­gren … Con­tinue read­ing

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Legal drug industry wants you dead — after you pay them for it

The Iowa Governor’s Office of Drug Con­trol Pol­icy is at it again, this time com­par­ing a mar­i­juana cig­a­rette to a keg of beer. What’s even more annoy­ing is the spokesper­son for the legal drug indus­try, Peter Komen­dowski, pres­i­dent of Part­ner­ship for … Con­tinue read­ing

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Legal Marijuana? New Domestic and International Initiatives Challenge the Status Quo

Octo­ber 3, 2012 Thomas Schelling Beau Kilmer Jonathan P. Caulkins Mark A. R. Kleiman Ale­jan­dro Madrazo Jonathan Rauch John Walsh

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Abolish the Office of Drug Control Policy

Dear Edi­tor, Thank you for writ­ing the Register’s Edi­to­r­ial today, “Right pick for ‘drug czar’?  That’s the wrong ques­tion.” The Office of Drug Con­trol Pol­icy (ODCP) is a state agency with no pub­lic over­sight.  It has no admin­is­tra­tive process, so … Con­tinue read­ing

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Iowa Democrats Support Marijuana Law Reform

It’s been a while since I’ve writ­ten a blog post, but I gave a speech at the Global Mar­i­juana March yes­ter­day and I’m going to post my notes here. POLK COUNTY PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION DELEGATES ASSEMBLED MARCH 10, 2012 AGRICULTURE, … Con­tinue read­ing

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