Medical Cannabis: Lawmakers 'Learning More'

[The General]

Legalizing medical marijuana is a hot topic this legislative session. But lawmakers say it won't pass this year. Instead Iowa senators are pushing the Iowa Legislative Council to study the matter over the summer. Then the group would present its finding before the next session. Senator Joe Bolkcom and others appeared on a tapping of IPTV's "Iowa Press" to discuss the matter Friday. Bolkcom says there is a bipartisan group of senators backing the study. "There's interest beyond party affiliations about trying to provide compassion and medicine to these folks in our communities," Sen. Bolkcom says. "I think more members of the legislature are slowly learning more about it and they're hearing from their constituencies it's a real issue they'd like addressed." The director of Iowa's Office of Drug Control Policy, Steve Lukan also spoke. He says the governor is right to be cautious of moving forward too quickly.

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An open letter to members of Congress:
The correct solution to the cannabis controversy is the reschedule cannabis out of Schedule I and to Schedule III. This would allow for the much needed and more comprehensive study of the ever increasing areas where cannabis has been found to be effective medicinally.
It has been found to be effective in lessening the damage in brain and spinal cord injuries and promotes healing in these instances. There is encouraging research that shows it can be effectively used to destroy cancer tumors without damaging surrounding healthy cells.
How many politicians can seriously support cannabis being classified with heroin when it has never caused a death from an overdose? How many will continue to keep it in Schedule I when it can treat many maladies now treated with Big Pharm. drugs that have massive side effects that cannabis does not have when used for treatment?
Being classified as a Schedule I narcotic severely restricts research of the efficacy of cannabis in treating many conditions. How will politicians justify their resistance to rescheduling cannabis when thousands of stroke victims or cancer sufferers that might have been helped were denied that help merely because cannabis is a political hot potato?
If everyone who reads this letter sent it to their friends who feel the above is correct and everyone then sent it to their elected officials, maybe we could get cannabis rescheduled.