The medical marijuana company that's making the first ever products produced solely in the state gave a preview today of what they are going to offer when sales start December 1st. MedPharm Iowa's Lucas Nelson has been overseeing the project since the state award the company the first medical … [Read more...]
Senator Grassley still hoping for legislation to cut drug costs
The legislation he was backing to cut prescription drug costs failed, but Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says the idea may still become reality. "All of this advertisement on pharmaceuticals that you see on TV with all the warnings and all the advantages, ought to include the price," Grassley says, … [Read more...]
Medical marijuana company says medical community unwilling to accept them
A spokesman for the company that won approval to be the first to produce medical marijuana products for sale in the state says their biggest obstacle so far has been getting the medical community to talk with them. Medpharm Iowa spokesman Lucas Nelson says they are currently holding informational … [Read more...]
Man admits he regularly sold meth to 12-15 customers in Redfield area
A 53-year-old Iowa central man has been sentenced to 17-and-a-half years in federal prison on drug and weapons charges. Two years ago, undercover agents went to David James Lister's apartment in Redfield and bought meth. Authorities then got a search warrant, opened a safe in the apartment and … [Read more...]
Report concludes opioid abuse rate among insured Iowans is low
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has revealed three out of every 1,000 Iowans it insures were diagnosed with an opioid-related disorder last year. According to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, its Iowa customers have the fourth-lowest rate of opioid abuse in the nation. Wellmark's … [Read more...]
Cedar Rapids mayor expects medical marijuana use to expand in Iowa
The mayor of Cedar Rapids says his city is ready to capitalize on the state’s medical marijuana industry after the second license to manufacture medical marijuana products was awarded to a company that plans to open a facility there. Iowa Relief LLC was awarded the second license and plans to do … [Read more...]
New Burlington clinic offers counseling along with opioid addiction treatment
Patients in need of addiction treatment have a new option in southeast Iowa. A clinic opened in Burlington this week offering opioid users medication-assisted treatment, or MAT. Nicholas Foss oversees treatment services at the clinic. Paired with counseling, Foss says drugs like methadone and … [Read more...]
Davenport man pleads guilty in heroin overdose case
A 50-year-old Davenport man linked to an overdose death a year-and-a-half ago is pleading guilty and could be sentenced to life in prison. Larry Lazell Bolden admits that in early 2017 he sold heroin laced with fentanyl to a person who gave the drug to someone else who overdosed and died in a … [Read more...]
Advocate says FDA approved cannabis oil may help those who can’t afford trip to Colorado
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a prescription form of cannabis oil as treatment for patients with two rare forms of epilepsy. A West Des Moines mother whose daughter has chronic epilepsy says the move means insurance may cover this new drug that's derived from the marijuana … [Read more...]
Two given prison time for distributing synthetic marijuana in Pottawattamie County Jail
Two people have been sentenced to time in federal prison for distributing drugs in the Pottawattamie County Jail. A judge has sentenced 35-year-old Deandre Cooper to 100 months in federal prison, and 30-year-old Charles Beuterbaugh to eight months for possession of contraband by a federal … [Read more...]