Lawmakers in IOWA Files A Cannabis Flowers Sales Bill
In Iowa, lawmakers introduced to the Senate a new bill seeking to legalize sales of dried cannabis in the state, reported MSN. The legislation relates to the state medical cannabidiol program.
Senate Bill 1113 would allow dispensaries to sell cannabis flowers for consumption only through a vaporizer. Additionally, the measure would expand card licenses statewide from five to 10. “The department [Iowa Department of Public Health] shall accept applications to select and license ten medical cannabidiol dispensaries to dispense medical cannabidiol within this state,” reads the bill.
“Dried cannabis would lower production costs at dispensaries and allow them to lower their overall prices,” said Lucas Nelson of Bud & Mary’s, a multi-state vertically integrated cannabis company. “Iowa’s medical marijuana program is the only one in the U.S. that doesn’t allow bud sales.”
A New Medical Cannabis Access Report
A new report, published by the nonprofit organization Americans for Safe Access (ASA), found the future of medicinal marijuana in the states “is hazy unless costs are decreased, product safety standards are improved, and civil rights are strengthened for patients and prescribers,” reported the Tennessee Lookout.
The report remarks on the lack of progress being made to strengthen and develop the medical cannabis sector. “This was the first report that we saw the fewest improvements in the states,” ASA executive…
