Governor Terry Branstad has just approved the legislature's compromise plan to set up state-licensed operations in Iowa that will grow marijuana for the production and distribution of cannabis oil. Iowa doctors may now prescribe cannabis oil for treatment of 15...
Governor Terry Branstad's "willingness" to work on expanding Iowa's medical marijuana law is seen as a "great positive sign" by Representative Peter Cownie. Cownie, a Republican from West Des Moines, is sponsoring legislation that would set up marijuana growing and...
Governor Terry Branstad is giving his first indication that he would be open to signing a limited medical marijuana bill into law this legislative session. Branstad recently met with parents who want to use an oil derived from marijuana to help their children who have...
Governor Terry Branstad is warning there are too many "unintended consequences" to legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes in Iowa. Branstad met recently with the mothers of children who suffer from a severe form of epilepsy -- mothers who say an oil...
An Iowa company with a long history of manufacturing food ingredients for humans and animals will be involved in the first company given a state license to manufacture medical marijuana. Kemin Industries president and CEO, Chris Nelson, will also oversee MedPharm Iowa...
Governor Terry Branstad this morning said it is "likely" he will approve a bill that expands Iowa's medical marijuana law. "This was just worked out in the closing hours of the session, so we're going to carefully review it, but I think this is certainly a subject...
Early this morning, legislators announced an agreement to expand Iowa's soon-to-expire law that merely decriminalized possession of cannabis oil for treatment of chronic epilepsy. "There are sick Iowans out there who need relief," Representative Jarad Klein, a...
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton today said he's "relieved" Republicans in the Iowa House were unable to gain enough support for a bill that might have given some Iowans access to Minnesota's medical cannabis program, but Dayton is not completely closing the door on the...
Governor Terry Branstad isn't closing the door on a bill that would adjust Iowa's medical marijuana law. "I've indicated a willingness to work with the legislature on this as well as other issues," Branstad says. "I reserve judgment until we see it in its final form,...
Medical marijuana sales started Monday in the State of Illinois. Iowa law only allows possession of cannabis oil for the treatment of chronic epilepsy, which primarily afflicts children, but the oil is not sold in Iowa. This spring Governor Terry Branstad suggested...