by Dar Danielson | Apr 10, 2023 | Crime & Courts, News
A Davenport man is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of two charges stemming from the fentanyl overdose of an 18-month-old child. Twenty-three-year-old Kathan Daniel Wiley was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and possession with...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 3, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
A bill to crack down on Iowa businesses that sell products used to smoke meth and marijuana has cleared its first hurdle in the House. The bill was first introduced in the Iowa Senate three years ago. Leslie Carpenter, co-founder of Iowa Mental Health Advocacy, says...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 27, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News
The Board which oversees Iowa’s medical marijuana program today denied a petition to allow the use of the dried marijuana plant known as “vaporizable flower.” The petition request was submitted by medical marijuana provider Bud & Mary’s,...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 20, 2023 | Health & Medicine, News
As state lawmakers consider making it easier for more Iowans to buy a nasal spray that reverses an opioid overdose, federal officials are considering rules that would reclassify naloxone as an over-the-counter medication, so anyone could buy it. Iowa law currently...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 15, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
A few legislators are working to merge proposals from Iowa’s governor and attorney general to boost sentences for fentanyl related crimes and make an overdose reversal medication more widely available. Dale Woolery, director of the Governor’s Office on...