Comments for Carl Olsen's Blog http://www.carl-olsen.com Musings by Carl Olsen Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:22:17 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Reading the case law — U.S. v. Lopez (1995) by Carl Olsen http://www.carl-olsen.com/2011/12/31/reading-the-case-law-u-s-v-lopez-1995/#comment-282 Carl Olsen Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:22:17 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?p=105#comment-282 @Cleber : I'm not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying all state laws should be the same? Are you saying there should be one federal law and no state laws at all? It's very unclear what your point is. @Cleber : I’m not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying all state laws should be the same? Are you saying there should be one federal law and no state laws at all? It’s very unclear what your point is.

]]> Comment on Reading the case law — U.S. v. Lopez (1995) by Cleber http://www.carl-olsen.com/2011/12/31/reading-the-case-law-u-s-v-lopez-1995/#comment-265 Cleber Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:24:25 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?p=105#comment-265 I think a lot of gun control supporters would maintain that liberal gun laws in an adjacent state do undermine their attempts to reduce guns, and "gun violence." I think a lot of gun control supporters would maintain that liberal gun laws in an adjacent state do undermine their attempts to reduce guns, and “gun violence.”

]]> Comment on Controversy over medical marijuana? Or, just an excuse to talk? by Carl Olsen http://www.carl-olsen.com/2012/01/09/controversy-or-just-an-excuse-to-talk/#comment-209 Carl Olsen Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:26:47 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?p=136#comment-209 The bottleneck is state officials. State officials in 16 states that have accepted the medical use of marijuana should be demanding that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder remove marijuana from its current classification as a substance with no accepted medical use in the United States. Because not one state has state officials making this demand, patients and caregivers are in violation of federal law. The simple solution is to sue the state officials for failure to stand up for the people. A state legislature could do it, but that seems harder than filing a civil case in state court. I'm suing the state I live in. I'd be dead and buried before the Iowa Legislature did anything about this. The bottleneck is state officials. State officials in 16 states that have accepted the medical use of marijuana should be demanding that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder remove marijuana from its current classification as a substance with no accepted medical use in the United States. Because not one state has state officials making this demand, patients and caregivers are in violation of federal law. The simple solution is to sue the state officials for failure to stand up for the people. A state legislature could do it, but that seems harder than filing a civil case in state court. I’m suing the state I live in. I’d be dead and buried before the Iowa Legislature did anything about this.

]]> Comment on Controversy over medical marijuana? Or, just an excuse to talk? by Luke http://www.carl-olsen.com/2012/01/09/controversy-or-just-an-excuse-to-talk/#comment-207 Luke Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:23:29 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?p=136#comment-207 I've been listening to your videos for a while. I think you are really on to something. Thanks for all you do. I think it strange that the latest medical bill in Maryland, HR 15, doesn't have any mention of removing it from schedule 1. I would guess other pro medical bills in other states are the same way. If it passes, how is that conflict resolved? It doesn't make sense to leave rescheduling out of state medical bills. Maryland has much the same schedule 1 classification as the federal. I looked it up. But I'm not a lawyer or paralegal. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene administrates it. Substances can be added after the Administrative Procedures Act. Anything added at the federal level is added at the state level unless the Department objects. It doesn't say anything about how to remove something. What about a strategy where the people contact their state congress persons asking that marijuana be removed from schedule 1? It seems to me, in my limited understanding, that the state congress has the power to overrule any administrative procedure and just do it. By passing a law, that is signed by the governor or overrules his veto. I’ve been listening to your videos for a while. I think you are really on to something. Thanks for all you do. I think it strange that the latest medical bill in Maryland, HR 15, doesn’t have any mention of removing it from schedule 1. I would guess other pro medical bills in other states are the same way. If it passes, how is that conflict resolved? It doesn’t make sense to leave rescheduling out of state medical bills.

Maryland has much the same schedule 1 classification as the federal. I looked it up. But I’m not a lawyer or paralegal. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene administrates it. Substances can be added after the Administrative Procedures Act. Anything added at the federal level is added at the state level unless the Department objects. It doesn’t say anything about how to remove something.

What about a strategy where the people contact their state congress persons asking that marijuana be removed from schedule 1? It seems to me, in my limited understanding, that the state congress has the power to overrule any administrative procedure and just do it. By passing a law, that is signed by the governor or overrules his veto.

]]> Comment on Carl Olsen’s Letter to Governor Jan Brewer by Carl Olsen http://www.carl-olsen.com/2012/01/14/carl-olsens-letter-to-governor-jan-brewer/#comment-52 Carl Olsen Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:58:43 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?p=147#comment-52 I agree I have them backed into a corner. I know the money is driving this, but I did win my court case against the Iowa Board of Pharmacy and the board did pay for public hearings out of their own operating budget after I won that case. And the board did make a unanimous ruling that marijuana is medicine at the conclusion of those hearings. So, the lesson here is that they will not spend money voluntarily just because you ask them. If you sue them in court and win, then they will spend the money. The system is stacked against us, but it is on autopilot. If you can knock them off autopilot, they really will pay attention and do the right thing. I think we often overlook the fact they are on autopilot. It's not so much them plotting and planning against us in some conscious way. They just don't think about it unless we give them a good reason (like a court order). Anyway, the system does work, but it's not easy. I agree I have them backed into a corner. I know the money is driving this, but I did win my court case against the Iowa Board of Pharmacy and the board did pay for public hearings out of their own operating budget after I won that case. And the board did make a unanimous ruling that marijuana is medicine at the conclusion of those hearings. So, the lesson here is that they will not spend money voluntarily just because you ask them. If you sue them in court and win, then they will spend the money. The system is stacked against us, but it is on autopilot. If you can knock them off autopilot, they really will pay attention and do the right thing. I think we often overlook the fact they are on autopilot. It’s not so much them plotting and planning against us in some conscious way. They just don’t think about it unless we give them a good reason (like a court order). Anyway, the system does work, but it’s not easy.

]]> Comment on Carl Olsen’s Letter to Governor Jan Brewer by Greetings & Salutations(RCStuart) http://www.carl-olsen.com/2012/01/14/carl-olsens-letter-to-governor-jan-brewer/#comment-51 Greetings & Salutations(RCStuart) Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:35:40 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?p=147#comment-51 Thanks for keeping at it. Super straight. You've backed them into a corner and if they are not bought out and are meerly deluded, you've got a good chance for a great victory against fed incroachment. Token help to be mailed. Thanks again. PEACE rcs Thanks for keeping at it. Super straight. You’ve backed them into a corner and if they are not bought out and are meerly deluded, you’ve got a good chance for a great victory against fed incroachment. Token help to be mailed. Thanks again. PEACE rcs

]]> Comment on Polk County Platform Committee by Carl Olsen http://www.carl-olsen.com/ai1ec_event/polk-county-platform-committee/?instance_id=#comment-48 Carl Olsen Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:01:57 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=162&instance_id=#comment-48 That is really strange because it shows up on the calendar on January 21 and the date is only created once. It should be the same in both places. Dec. 1969 is a common default when a date hasn't been set, but I know I set this one correctly because I checked it immediately after I posted it. That is really strange because it shows up on the calendar on January 21 and the date is only created once. It should be the same in both places. Dec. 1969 is a common default when a date hasn’t been set, but I know I set this one correctly because I checked it immediately after I posted it.

]]> Comment on Polk County Platform Committee by Karl and Peg Schilling http://www.carl-olsen.com/ai1ec_event/polk-county-platform-committee/?instance_id=#comment-47 Karl and Peg Schilling Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:54:04 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=162&instance_id=#comment-47 Now it says January 21. It was no biggee, we all knew. Now it says January 21. It was no biggee, we all knew.

]]> Comment on Polk County Platform Committee by Karl and Peg Schilling http://www.carl-olsen.com/ai1ec_event/polk-county-platform-committee/?instance_id=#comment-46 Karl and Peg Schilling Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:52:53 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=162&instance_id=#comment-46 It's the answer to the "when" question. It’s the answer to the “when” question.

]]> Comment on Polk County Platform Committee by Carl Olsen http://www.carl-olsen.com/ai1ec_event/polk-county-platform-committee/?instance_id=#comment-44 Carl Olsen Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:00:56 +0000 http://www.carl-olsen.com/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=162&instance_id=#comment-44 I don't see any Dec. 1969 date on that page. Where do you see that? I don’t see any Dec. 1969 date on that page. Where do you see that?

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