News » Iowa Pharmacy Board Not Doing Their Job Says MMJ Advocate





Carl Olsen of Des Moines, Iowa is one of the leading advocates for medical marijuana in Iowa and he is calling out the Iowa Board of Pharmacy for, he says, ignoring their legal responsibility.

On Tuesday, the board rejected a legislative request that it write the rules for marijuana to be used for more medical purposes. Instead, the Pharmacy Board wants the state legislature to write the rules, despite the legislature tasking the Board to do it.

The Pharmacy Board maintains that they are not elected and shouldn’t be writing rules and that doing so would be outside the scope of their authority. Olsen points out that their authority comes from the legislature and the legislature has just told them to do this.

Marijuana was reclassified in Iowa as a medicine in February. Now the board is hesitant to follow through, despite being a big part of that February recommendation that lead to reclassification.

Olsen is considering going to court to ask a judge to force the Pharmacy Board to do their jobs.

[source Radio Iowa]

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