How to fix Iowa’s “worst in the nation” medical cannabis law скачать в хорошем качестве

How to fix Iowa’s “worst in the nation” medical cannabis law

Here's what I said at the first meeting of the Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board on August 3, 2018. Here are my suggestions and my conclusion: Here are four things the board should recommend to the legislature prior to the start of the 2019 session of the Iowa Legislature. One. Remove the restriction on THC content in medical cannabis that will be available to Iowans. Iowa is the only state with a comprehensive program that restricts patient access to all the benefits of the entire cannabis plants. THC provides therapeutic benefits necessary to treat most of the medical conditions approved in Iowa. Without abolishing the THC limitation patients will simply be wasting their money on a medicine that won’t help them. Two. Recommend more debilitating medical conditions to be included in the program. Iowa law is again unnecessarily restrictive. Iowans suffer from many, many conditions that could be benefitted by having access to medical cannabis. There is no state interest served by forcing Iowans to break the law or move out of the state to get the medical care they need. Please recommend more medical conditions. Three. Patients need more convenient access to medical cannabis. Having only five medical cannabis dispensary locations in the entire state is woefully inadequate. There are more than 800 pharmacies in Iowa. Sick patients will find it difficult and costly to travel long distances to get the medicine they need. The Board should recommend at least 15-20 more dispensary locations. Four. Patients need affordable medical cannabis. This is a cash program. There is no private insurance coverage, no Medicaid or Medicare coverage to help patients pay for this medicine. Many patients will be unable to afford access to the new medicine. The most cost effective form of medical cannabis is the actual flower from the plant. I encourage the board to reconsider its opposition to allowing patients to have access to plant’s flower material. This is most cost effective form of medical cannabis. Patients want access to plant flowers. It should be available to Iowa patients like it is today to millions of American in 28 other medical cannabis state. As I said, you really have your work cut out for you. Iowa voters also have their work cut out for them. That’s because the legislature and governor have the sole authority to fix this program. If Iowans are going to fix Iowa broken law we need to fix the legislature. In November, it’s time for folks to stand up and pay attention to this issue. Let me conclude by saying thank you for your service. You have a big job ahead. I look forward to working with you and other members of the General Assembly and making our program help the folks that need it. Thank you.