Bill Text: IA HCR107 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A concurrent resolution urging Congress and the President of the United States to reclassify cannabis as a schedule II controlled substance under the United States Controlled Substances Act to facilitate research and testing on the potential benefits of medical cannabis.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-28 - Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 782. [HCR107 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HCR107-Introduced.html
House Concurrent Resolution 107 - Introduced

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               HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.    
           BY  SHEETS, R. TAYLOR, MAXWELL, SALMON, BAXTER,
        KOESTER, WATTS, KAUFMANN, OLSON, BALTIMORE, McCONKEY,
                BENNETT, MOMMSEN, HOLZ, and T. MOORE
  1  1 A Concurrent Resolution urging Congress and the
  1  2    President of the United States to reclassify
  1  3    cannabis as a schedule II controlled substance
  1  4    under the United States Controlled Substances Act
  1  5    to facilitate research and testing on the potential
  1  6    benefits of medical cannabis.
  1  7    WHEREAS, while Iowa and twenty=two other states and
  1  8 the District of Columbia have enacted laws allowing
  1  9 the regulated use of medical cannabis for numerous
  1 10 debilitating medical conditions, cannabis use remains
  1 11 illegal under the United States Controlled Substances
  1 12 Act; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, cannabis is currently classified by
  1 14 the federal Drug Enforcement Agency as a schedule I
  1 15 controlled substance under the United States Controlled
  1 16 Substances Act, a classification that impedes
  1 17 large=scale medical and scientific research on the
  1 18 effects of cannabis; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, a schedule I controlled substance is a
  1 20 highly addictive substance that has no accepted medical
  1 21 use in the United States and a schedule II controlled
  1 22 substance is a highly addictive substance that has an
  1 23 accepted medical use in the United States; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, substances classified as a schedule
  1 25 II controlled substance may be dispensed with a
  1 26 prescription under certain circumstances and are
  2  1 subject to large=scale research, testing, and
  2  2 manufacturing; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, there is a significant lack of medical and
  2  4 scientific research on medical cannabis by industries,
  2  5 universities, research institutions, and federal
  2  6 agencies including but not limited to the food and drug
  2  7 administration in the United States due in part to
  2  8 the fact that cannabis is classified as a schedule I
  2  9 controlled substance; and
  2 10    WHEREAS, the United States Surgeon General's
  2 11 reports on the health consequences of tobacco use in
  2 12 the United States over a 50=year period are based on
  2 13 scientifically rigorous reviews and analyses of data
  2 14 on the prevalence, causes, effects, and implications
  2 15 of tobacco use in the United States and reclassifying
  2 16 cannabis as a schedule II controlled substance
  2 17 would allow for a similar rigorous scientific review
  2 18 of clinical research and testing by industries,
  2 19 universities, research institutions, and federal
  2 20 agencies on the potential benefits of medical
  2 21 cannabis; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 22    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 23 THE SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
  2 24 respectfully urges the Congress of the United States
  2 25 to enact legislation to reclassify cannabis as a
  2 26 schedule II controlled substance under the United
  2 27 States Controlled Substances Act to facilitate research
  2 28 and testing on the potential benefits of medical
  2 29 cannabis; and
  2 30    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of
  3  1 this resolution be transmitted to the President of
  3  2 the United States, the Surgeon General of the United
  3  3 States, the President and Secretary of the United
  3  4 States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United
  3  5 States House of Representatives, and to members of the
  3  6 Iowa congressional delegation.
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