Articles Tagged: Cannabis

Bills proposed in the Iowa Legislature would increase the number of dispensaries in the state and add to the legal forms of medical cannabis

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Beverage producers in Iowa have launched new cannabis-infused drinks after a federal judge last month refused to block enforcement of a new state law restricting the THC potency in consumable hemp products.

Changes to Iowa’s special education system, regulations on consumable hemp and new procedures for traffic cameras are set to take effect July 1.

Climbing Kites, a beverage manufacturer headquartered in Des Moines, and Field Day Brewing Co., a North Liberty producer of the “Day Dreamers” line of cannabis-infused sparkling water, filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District against the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

Faced with the proliferation of hemp-derived THC, Iowa lawmakers passed new restrictions on the sale of consumable hemp products. In doing so, they limit parents who give their child CBD — for some, the only seizure drug that works.

Several hemp retailers opposed the bill as it made its way through the lawmaking process, worrying it would hamstring their ability to sell even non-psychoactive hemp products.

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Bud & Mary’s, a Des Moines-based cannabis manufacturer called MedPharm Iowa until 2022, will start selling its Batch brand vape products in Missouri later this year.

The blossoming industry could soon be significantly regulated under a bill sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature. Reactions from the companies who produce THC drinks are mixed.

Bill waiting to be signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds

A bill in the Iowa Legislature would expand the state’s “dram shop” laws, which impose civil liability for selling alcohol to a visibly intoxicated or underage persons, to apply to consumable hemp products.

Medical marijuana sales in Iowa have leveled off as Iowans flock to cheaper, largely unregulated consumable hemp products, regulators said Friday.

THC drinks have been popping up at more and more restaurants and stores. Here’s how they became legal and how they’re different from recreational products sold across Iowa’s borders.

The bill would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to regulate sale and distribution and set a maximum potency limit for products derived from hemp. It would also ban the use of consumable hemp products by people under age 21 and impose criminal penalties on people and businesses that sell or give those products to minors.