Marijuana Business Factbook 2019

77 © Copyright 2020, Marijuana Business Daily , a division of Anne Holland Ventures Inc. You may NOT copy this Factbook, or make public the data and facts contained herein, in part or in whole. For more copies or editorial permissions, contact CustomerService@MJBizDaily.com or call (720) 213-5992, ext. 1. State-By-State: Legal Overview, Market Data and Outlook | Chapter 2 MJBIZDAILY.COM IOWA Medical REGULATORY OVERVIEW Main measure House File 524 Type of measure Legislative bill Year passed 2017 Margin of victory 83 to 11 in the House, 33 to 7 in the Senate Possession limit 90-day supply with dosing recommendations determined by dispensary Patient registry Mandatory―patients must have a physician’s certification of qualifying condition. The physician will not prescribe or recommend CBD or MMJ Accepts patients registered with other states? No Home cultivation No Restrictions on type of marijuana allowed to be sold? Yes, flower and edibles are prohibited. Allowable forms include tablets, capsules, liquids, tinctures, sublinguals, topicals, suppositories, nebulizable forms and vaporization (effective 5/19). Smoking is prohibited. All products must contain no more than 3% THC content. Qualifying medical conditions ALS, HIV/AIDS, cancer and terminal illness if illness or treatment produces severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting or cachexia/severe wasting, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis with severe and persistent muscle spasms, Parkinson’s, seizures, severe pediatric autism with aggressive or self-injurious behavior, untreatable pain or ulcerative colitis Business regulations Heavy. The state allows only two cultivators/ manufacturers and five dispensaries. A dispensary may hold a cultivation license but cultivation may not take place at a dispensary location. State regulations govern all aspects of cultivation and dispensary operations including security, recordkeeping, employee training, transportation, packaging and labeling, marketing and storage. Physicians are not allowed to prescribe or recommend cannabidiol, leaving dosing amounts up to the dispensary, however physicians and pharmacists are not allowed to work at dispensaries.