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Pharmacy board approves marijuana for medical use

by Pat Curtis on February 17, 2010

in Health & Medicine, Politics & Government

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy is recommending state lawmakers reclassify marijuana for medical use. With one member absent, six members of the board voted unanimously to ask legislators to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule One drug, for which there are no permitted uses, to a Schedule Two drug, which allows for medical uses.

Board chair Vernon Benjamin, a pharmacist from Fort Madison, says declaring marijuana legal for medical purposes may help researchers determine the healing effects of the drug.

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Pharmacy board could reveal ruling on medical marijuana

by Pat Curtis 02/17/10 8:50 AM

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will meet today and could issue a recommendation to the Iowa Legislature that the state allow marijuana use for medical purposes. Board executive director Lloyd Jessen says hundreds of Iowans voiced their opinion on the issue during four public hearings around the state. Thousands of others sent board members emails.
Jessen [...]

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Several pounds of marijuana found in Pottawattamie County stop

by Pat Curtis 02/9/10 12:50 PM

A Pennsylvania man is facing drug charges after a deputy in western Iowa pulled his car over for speeding. It happened Saturday on Interstate 80 near Council Bluffs. Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker says Deputy Brian Miller was questioning the driver when he became suspicious of the contents of two suitcases in the back seat. [...]

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Court of Appeals rules in the case of the snowy license plate

by Dar Danielson 01/22/10 12:57 PM

The Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled against a man who sought to have his drug conviction thrown out because of the weather. Timothy Klinghammer was convicted of possession of marijuana, a drug tax stamp violation and carrying weapons after a traffic stop in Waterloo in January of 2008.
The officer had been following the car [...]

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Bill would add fines to meth registry violations

by Pat Curtis 01/19/10 8:52 AM

Store clerks and pharmacists who sell pseudoephedrine to meth makers would face criminal penalties under legislation proposed at the statehouse. An electronic registry of such sales is about be launched to prevent people from going from store to store to exceed limits on pseudoephedrine purchases.
Representative Clel Baudler, a Republican from Greenfield, says his bill would [...]

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Iowa receives federal funding for drug treatment

by Pat Curtis 01/12/10 9:59 AM

Iowa has received $2.8 million in federal funding to fight illegal drug use and support drug treatment programs. The federal grants target six programs in the state. Gary Kendell, Director of the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy, says $750,000 will be used to develop a Pseudoephedrine Verification Network.
The electronic database will connect Iowa pharmacies [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court denies Honken death sentence appeal

by Radio Iowa Contributor 12/16/09 1:54 PM

The United States Supreme Court has denied a Britt man’s petition to review his convictions and death sentences for the drug-related murders of five north-central Iowans in 1993. Forty-six-year-old Dustin Honken was convicted by a federal grand jury in 2004 on 17 different counts, including murdering federal witnesses and murder in the furtherance of a [...]

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