Cannabis oil
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowans can now apply for a medical cannabis oil registration card online.
The Iowa Department of Public Health and the Iowa Department of Transportation established a process to approve and generate the cards. They will provide documentation that patients and caregivers have met the requirements of the law and are authorized to have the medication.
Many advocates hope that this is just the beginning in making cannabis oil available medically in Iowa.
“I hope so, I hope so. I hope our education has pushed forward the need for this medicine who need it. Who are ill in Iowa. They need this option,” said Sally Gaer, Advocate, Iowan 4 Medical Cannabis.
Last year the Iowa legislature ruled that the oil could be used in the treatment of some epilepsy patients.
Gaer was encouraged by the news but also urges that other steps need to be made. “I would like to see them set-up a medical cannabis program in Iowa. With a board that makes decisions regarding this medicine, that setups, grows, processes and distributes the medicine to fragile Iowans.”
The application for the card is available at the Department of Public Health’s website.
There’s still one big glitch in the cannabis oil law. Cannabis oil is not for sale in Iowa and it’s illegal to bring it across state lines.
John Smith
Official state card or not, is there any place in Iowa where this can be legally purchased?
revraygreen (@revraygreen)
no
John Smith
See, that’s what I’m afraid of. In order to buy the oil, one would have to go out of state, then bring it back to Iowa crossing state lines along the way. I can’t imagine that that act is OK, regardless of a card from the Iowa government.
John Smith
The point being, of course, that the availability of this card might mislead some into breaking laws.
jon dough
It’s still a felony to traffick.
And in Nebraska if you get caught with any amount of oil (concentrate) it’s a felony.
Plus you can only get medical card being a out of state resident in Oregon.
recreationally in Colorado they do not have the right cbd to thc ratios needs for epilepsy patients.
So not only is it illegal to bring Here, they can’t get it.
jon dough
Branstad signed this bill before his re-election to keep the people happy. He knew it wouldn’t work, he has stated numerous times he is against it.
fronnie grundy
I would love to try it for cancer and tumor