The main sponsor of last year's legislation that decriminalized possession of cannabis oil for treatment of chronic epilepsy says Governor Branstad offered "false hope" last week when Branstad suggested Iowa patients might be able to get the product in Illinois....
Pharmacy Board delays decision on medical marijuana
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy today tabled a recommendation that the Iowa Legislature reclassify marijuana. A three-member subcommittee had recommended the full board urge state lawmakers to make marijuana a "Schedule Two" substance, meaning it could be used for medical...
Branstad ‘willing to look’ at production of cannabis oil in Iowa (AUDIO)
Governor Terry Branstad is not immediately ruling out a request from the parents of children with chronic epilepsy who want to buy cannabis oil grown and produced in Iowa. "I'm willing to look at all proposals," Branstad says. "I just want to make sure that the safety...
Interim panel embraces concept of growing, making medical marijuana in Iowa
Six of the 10 members of a legislative committee say it's time for Iowa to make growing and distributing marijuana legal, if it's used for medical purposes. Iowa has a new law that allows possession of cannabis oil as treatment of severe epilepsy, but parents of...
Governor Branstad will sign cannabis oil bill into law
Governor Terry Branstad says he has decided to sign into law the bill that will decriminalize possession of an oil derived from the marijuana plant as for treatment of chronic epilepsy. "The legislature and I were convinced, I think, by a lot of the families that have...
Hatch urges Branstad to sign cannabis oil bill ‘this week’
The Democratic candidate for governor is challenging Republican Governor Terry Branstad to act quickly on legislation that would give patients with chronic epilepsy the new treatment of option of cannabis oil. Jack Hatch is also a state senator who voted for the bill...
Branstad ‘carefully reviewing’ cannabis oil, greyhound racing bills (AUDIO)
Governor Terry Branstad is not giving many hints about whether he'll approve or veto two high-profile bills that cleared the legislature in the past week. Both the Senate and House overwhelmingly approved a bill that would legalize possession of an oil derived from...
Limited medical marijuana bill advances in Iowa Senate
A senate subcommittee has approved a bill that would let the parents of children with a severe form of epilepsy go out of state to get an oil-based form of medical marijuana for their children. The bill will be considered by a full senate committee sometime after five...
More movement at statehouse over medical marijuana issue
The Iowa Senate's Democratic leader says he's willing to co-sponsor a bill that would allow the very limited use of medical marijuana in Iowa. The mothers of children with severe epilepsy have been lobbying legislators to decriminalize possession of cannabis oil and...
Parents of epileptic children meet with Branstad to talk about medical cannabis
A group of nearly 20 parents and their children who suffer from severe epilepsy met with Governor Terry Branstad for half an hour this morning -- and the parents say they are now more hopeful the governor might approve a law allowing their children to take an oil...