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 PAG LIN 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. LSB 6083YH (2) 86 rh/rj
