State of Iowa
Board of Pharmacy
Examiners
1209 East Court Avenue,
Executive Hills West, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0187
Telephone: (515) 281-5944 Facsimile: (515) 281-4609
BOARD MEMBERS | BOARD MEMBERS | |
MARIAN L. ROBERTS Laurens |
MATTHEW C. OSTERHAUS Maquoketa |
|
PHYLLIS A. MILLER Leon |
PHYLLIS A. OLSON,
Urbandale Chairperson |
ARLAN D. "JACK" VAN
NORMAN Swea City |
MARY PAT MITCHELL Council Bluffs |
LLOYD K. JESSEN, R.Ph.,
J.D. West Des Moines Executive Secretary/Director |
MELVIN L. GRUNDLEGER Clive |
July 16, 1995
Carl E. Olsen
Post Office Box 4091
Des Moines, IA 50333
Dear Mr. Olsen:
I am writing in response to your letter dated June 21, 1996. In regard to Senate File 487, this legislative bill was approved on June 1, 1979. The Board of Pharmacy Examiners adopted 620 Iowa Administrative Code chapter 12 "Medicinal Use of Marijuana" on October 1, 1979. A copy of chapter 12 is enclosed per your request.
Subrule 12.3(5) called for the termination of the research program on June 30, 1981. It appears that the program ended on that date. Because of changes in Iowa Code chapter 204 as amended by 1986 Iowa Acts, chapter 1037, chapter 12 was rescinded in its entirety on January 20, 1987. Apparently, the change in the Iowa Code in 1986 eliminated the need for investigational programs on the medical use of marijuana.
In regard to the advisory group of physicians which was required to be formed seventeen years ago in 1979 pursuant to Senate File 487 and 620 I.A.C. chapter 12, these records are either no longer in existence or are nonretrievable. The current office files contain no information about the advisory group or its activities.
Sincerely yours,
Lloyd K. Jessen, R.Ph., J.D.
Executive Secretary/Director
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