Legislation that seeks to legalize the physician-supervised use of medical marijuana was reintroduced this week in the Iowa legislature. The bill received subcommittee approval on Thursday, February 24, but must clear Senate Human Resources Committee next week before the March 4 deadline. You can contact the members of this Committee and urge them to vote on the bill prior to next week’s deadline here.
Senate File 266 would authorize qualified patients to use medical marijuana under a physicians’ supervision, and would allow licensed facilities to dispense it. You can read the full text of the bill here.
Fifteen states Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington and the District of Columbia have enacted laws protecting medical marijuana patients from state prosecution. There is no legitimate reason why Iowa patients should not be afforded these same legal protections.
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Medical Marijuana Legislation Reintroduced In Iowa
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I am a disabled veteran who will be spending the rest of my life taking pain killers for the pain due to injuries sustained serving my country. To be honest taking these pain killers scares me to death to take these pills and possibly getting addicted. The VA has now recognized and authorized the use of medical marijuana but Iowa vets will still be stuck using dangerous narcotics that are highly addictive until Iowa gets on board with allowing its citizens to use this as an alternative to pain management. Which sounds safer to you? Hydrocodone and tramadol or Marijuana? Check your stats on pain pill addiction, scary.
i think i should be able to use marijana to help with the horrific pain resulting from my chronic
back pain. this works so much better then having to take all of the addictive paiin meds. the doctors have had me on for many years.
hi i have chiari type 1 malformation pseudo-tumor cerebra and pseudopapilledema and i have notice since i have stopped smoking that my pain has sky rocketed i get really bad migraines i feel sick and ache all over andmy eyes hurt but it all goes away when i do smoke and with it i don’t have to worry about side affect like making u feel worse than u do when u don’t take it
i should be able to use marijuana for my c hronic pain with out fear of going to jail. i was busted with 2.5 grams and had to go to jal for ten days not to mention all the fines probation. this was in iowa.
i suffer from severe anxiety disorder as well as fibromyalgia & neck & back injuries from an auto accident. majuana not only helps alieviate the anxiety & the pain, it does so without any of the side effects. only those who have not had to deal with such issues can’t see the tremendous advantages of majuana vs narcotics (even tylenol can damage your liver & is in many pain meds)
I have suffered from Tourrette’s Syndrom, since i was a child. The un-controllable urge to look a certain way at a light, or make a certain sound, a certain way, until i was “satisfied” with how it turned out. Growing up as a teenager & even early adult years, i noticed that while under the influence of Marijuana, i wasn’t as anxious.. i was able to just relax & fuction as “normal”. I’m not making this claim as a young child that just wants to get high, I’m 30 years old now. i Honestly & with all my heart, have noticed an improvement to my social well being, (Uncontrollable “tics”) while under the influence of Marijuana.
I have a spinal cord injury. This medicine works equally as well as narcotic pain meds,and without the narcotic side effects, addiction beinga major one of them. Please let us try natural medicine, please!!!
SCOWL BAUDLER SCOWL S.F. 266 INTRODUCED DOCTOR & PATIENTS TESTIFY – ‘DaGanja Gumshoe’ makes cameo
Medical Marijuana bill introduced by Iowa Senators Joe Bolkom (D) & Jack Hatch (D) 2/24/11.
Iowa’s own ‘DaGanja Gumshoe’ Clel Baudler makes a cameo at the end,as usual, of course only speaks thru the media after. SCOWL BABY !!!! (32min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC59_rEXQ_U
Scott ‘Speed Limit’Raecker
Another Rebublican in the house brings Nazi’s into the discussion, only Iowa Medical Marijuana patients
are Anne Frank, we don’t want Baudler knocking on our door.
Scott ‘Speed Limit’ Raecker (01:25) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKXHczQGHnU